The death toll from an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Angola has reached 150, media reports quoted health authorities in the south-west African country as saying on Sunday. About 163 cases have been recorded of the virus that, like the Ebola virus, causes massive internal bleeding that results in death.

Visitors to the Addo Elephant National Park will be able to see the big five as well as whales and great white sharks, due to the addition of the St Croix and Bird Islands to the sanctuary. The new marine area also cements the park’s eastern boundary in Algoa Bay, providing protection to populations of Cape gannet and African penguins.

South African President Thabo Mbeki on Sunday led national mourning for Pope John Paul II, the pontiff who often denounced apartheid and later praised the country’s peaceful transition to democracy. Archbishop Desmond Tutu said he hopes an African will succeed John Paul II, who died late on Saturday.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe plans to scrap holding separate presidential and parliamentary elections, he said in an interview with South African Broadcasting Corporation television on Sunday night. He also plans to introduce more MPs and a two-tier parliamentary system.