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".
Three major platinum producers have dismissed reports of an agreement in the long-standing wage dispute with mining union Amcu.
Malawi’s President Joyce Banda says she will not take part in a new vote, which she called after nullifying Tuesday’s elections.
After a swearing-in ceremony as the country’s president, Jacob Zuma sought to assure South Africans that he has got their interests at heart.
Messina Hospital doctor Allick Msebe Dube has been dismissed following complaints from staff, patients and humanitarian organisations.
As relations between SA and Rwanda turn sour, Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame was not at Jacob Zuma’s inauguration at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.
The ANCYL made friendly with Thuli Madonsela, Tokyo Sexwale shrugged off his defeat and the DA wished Jacob Zuma well ahead of his inauguration.
Coup leaders say they will keep former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Cabinet members and anti-government protest leaders in detention.
In a test case for new torture laws, inmates who were serving time at a prison near PE have told a court of routine mistreatment by prison officials.