Burundi's national assembly on Tuesday approved the nomination of Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, a hardliner under US sanctions for his alleged role in political repression, as prime minister.

A Kenyan policeman has been charged with the murder of 13-year-old Yasin Moyo, who was shot as he stood on a balcony in March watching police enforce a night-time curfew.

Babes Wodumo is suing Durban socialite Tha Simelane for his claim that she took cocaine during an online chat between them.

In South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala gives an update on the school reopenings in the province.

The family of popular Lagos pastor Ituah Ighodalo of the Trinity House Church has been thrown into mourning following the death of his wife Ibidun Ighodalo.