In DR Congo, human rights groups claim dozens have died, the government says far fewer - this as police crack down on demonstrations against a planned change to the electoral law.
Also, our team in Davos spoke to the UN's humanitarian chief Valerie Amos about some of the current challenges faced by the African continent.
Finally, Ugandan Dominic Ongwen, a top commander of Lord's Resistance Army warlord Joseph Kony, has been transferred to the International Criminal Court's detention centre in the Netherlands.
Programme produced by Mary Colombel and Georja Calvin-Smith
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