Major EU member states vote on Sunday to elect the 751 deputies to sit in the European Parliament until 2019.
EFF leader Julius Malema says he will not have to give up his seat in Parliament over his unpaid tax bill.
Carlo Ancelotti delivers the 10th continental crown the world’s richest club have been chasing since their last title in 2002.
In what has become a deadly pattern of violence, gunmen have killed another 28 people in Nigeria.
Malawi’s high court has issued an injunction barring President Joyce Banda from interfering in the electoral process.
A 22-year-old man – the son of a Hollywood director – killed six people before taking his own life.
Ukrainians to vote for new presidential candidates who have promised closer ties with the West.
Despite President Jacob Zuma’s controversial first term, supporters at his inauguration are positive his second will be better.
Malawi’s electoral body says President Joyce Banda has no power to scrap elections, while her main political rival says the decision is "illegal".
Militant group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for an attack which the United Nations has called an "attack against the people".