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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.

Hundreds of people have been killed in a mudslide that occurred in the outskirts of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown on Monday.

Officials in Burkina Faso have confirmed the death of 18 people during an attack on a restaurant in the capital Ouagadougou on Sunday.

Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday was declared winner of Kenya’s presidential elections, defeating his rival Raila Odinga who is challenging the results. Mr. Kenyatta had 54.2 per cent of votes, according to final results declared by the electoral commission chair, Wafula Chebukati.

There is high security presence across Kenya ahead of the Friday's expected announcement of the winner of the Presidential elections. The leading candidates are President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga.

The opposition leader in Kenya, Raila Odinga has expressed his disappointment in claims by international election observers that the Kenyan elections were conducted in a credible way.

Kenya's main opposition coalition demanded Thursday that its candidate Raila Odinga be declared president, claiming it had evidence he had won an election that has already led to angry protests over fraud claims.

International observers on Thursday praised the handling of Kenya's presidential election, with the European Union mission saying it had seen no sign of manipulation despite opposition complaints and scattered protests.

Some members of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) are reported to have threatened to fish out ANC MPs who voted in favour of a motion to get President Jacob Zuma out of office.