Human Rights Watch has claimed that more than 15 people have been killed during Thursday’s referendum which is likely to extend President Pierre Nkurunziza’s stay in power.
Three high school pupils in South Africa's northern KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) are reported to have drowned while trying to cross a river in the town of Umlalazi.Â
The deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is fast spreading to other parts of the country with new cases recorded in the northwest city of Mbandaka for the first time.