Obama Calls on US to Choose Unity Over Fear

President Obama has urged Americans to reject despair over racial tension, saying the nation is not as divided as it seems. He was speaking at a memorial service for five Dallas policemen shot dead by a sniper who wanted to avenge the killing of black men by police.

For the last 24 hours there has been a relative calm in South Sudan, following four days of intense fighting. Nearly 300 people died. The United Nations says almost forty-thousand people have been displaced by the fighting between the president and his deputy.

And why did President Museveni of Uganda take a phone call sitting on a chair on the side of the road?