Officials in Nigeria have confirmed the death of nine people in a boat accident in Lagos on Sunday. The nine were part of passengers who were traveling in a boat which capsized due to what the government said was due to overcrowding.
Thousands of anti-racism demonstrators flooded the streets of Boston Saturday, dwarfing a gathering of white nationalists in the city and triggering scuffles with police but avoiding the serious violence that marred a similar event a week earlier in Virginia.
Two protesters were killed and 13 others wounded in Togo on Saturday when security forces opened fire to break up demonstrations against the ruling Gnassingbe family dynasty, the security ministry said.
Grace Mugabe, wife of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has returned to Zimbabwe from South Africa where she had been accused of assaulting a 20 year old model in a hotel in Johannesburg.
Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has shelved plans for a referendum on constitutional reforms that have been met with opposition and ignited regular street protests, he said on state television overnight.
Zimbabwe's First Lady Grace Mugabe was not among the first spouses that arrived a few minutes ahead of the opening of the Southern African Development Community summit in Pretoria on Saturday.
