Russian soldiers work as smoke rises from a controlled land mine detonation by Russian experts inside the ancient town of Palmyra in the central Homs province, Syria, on April 14, 2016. Russian combat engineers are in Syria on a mission to clear mines in Palmyra, which has been recaptured from Islamic State militants in an offensive that has proven Russia's military might in Syria despite a drawdown of its warplanes.
The Sudan People's Liberation Army soldiers stand at attention at a containment site outside Juba on April 14, 2016. The soldiers at the site are the Tiger Battalion of the presidential guard consisting of a total of 700 soldiers. The site is about 30 km outside of Juba as per the transitional security arrangements of the South Sudan peace agreement. The demilitarisation of Juba is an important part of the peace agreement of the cessation of hostilities signed in August 2015 and seen as a way forward to forming the transitional government of national unity. This has also been a sticking point before the return of Rebel leader Riek Machar who is due to be sworn in as the country's Vice President.
