Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe is auctioning off five combine harvesters and other farm equipment.…
Africa
South Africa election: ANC faces tough test 25 years after apartheid (BBC)
Anger over corruption, the faltering economy and land reform are key issues as South Africans…
Mind boggling picture of ousted President Oumar el Bashir’s political prisoner goes viral
The picture of a decrepit political prisoner thoroughly emaciated and naked except for a cloth…
Sudan army rejects civilian majority in ruling council (BBC)
A top official in Sudan’s military council has told the BBC it will not allow…
Mandela prison drawing sells for $112,575 (Punch)
A drawing by late South African president Nelson Mandela of the door of his prison…
Five dead after attack on church in Burkina Faso (Metro)
Five people including a pastor have been killed in the first jihadist attack on a…
Africa has potential to become net exporter of agricultural commodities – AfDB (Vanguard)
Africa has the potential to become a net exporter of agricultural commodities, replacing imports worth…
Egypt Coptic monks sentenced to death for killing bishop (BBC)
Two former Coptic Christian monks have been sentenced to death in Egypt over the murder…
Mozambique braces for cyclone Kenneth (Guardian)
Mozambique was bracing for a powerful cyclone to make landfall on Thursday, just one month…
Mass funerals on Sri Lanka’s day of mourning (BBC)
Sri Lanka has held its first mass funeral as the country marks a day of…