Egypt Prepares for Pope's Visit

Pope Francis is visiting Egypt, home to some of the Christian faith's earliest churches. It's the first time the Pope has visited Egypt since 2000, coming just a month after church bombings by Islamist extremists killed 45 worshippers in the region.

On Friday Iran will air live debates on state television ahead of May's presidential election. Televised debates are a relatively new feature of Iranian presidential elections and are believed to have influenced the results of votes in 2009 and 2013.

Over the last three days, close to 25,000 people have been displaced by intense fighting around the town of Kodok in South Sudan. That's according to Medicine Sans Frontier, who say that aid agencies, who were already spread thin, are now having to suspend operations due to the stability.