A week-long period of national mourning was declared on Wednesday in Sierra Leone for victims of the devastating mudslide that claimed over 400 lives with over 600 still unaccounted for. Flags would fly at half-mast during this period of mourning.
South Africa’s police ministry on Wednesday confirmed that the government of Zimbabwe has sought diplomatic immunity for the country’s first lady, Grace Mugabe.
The Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema who has been in detention for months on the charge of treason has been set free after the government dropped the charges.
Officials in Nigeria have confirmed the death of at least 27 people after 3 suicide bombers carried out an attack in north-eastern part of the country on Tuesday.
The President of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma on Tuesday called on the international community to support the country following Monday's mudslides that have claimed hundreds of lives.
Grace Mugabe, the wife of Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe could be facing assault charges in South Africa after a model in that country accused her of assaulting her for partying with her sons.
Gunmen attacked two United Nations bases in Mali on Monday, killing a peacekeeper, a contractor and seven Malians, the UN said, in the latest attacks on its presence in the country.
