Tanzanian police arrested the leader of the main opposition party during an anti-corruption rally on Wednesday January 5, sparking confrontations with his supporters, his party and witnesses said.

A Tanzanian opposition leader on Wednesday demanded the electoral commission stop announcing presidential results, saying they were erroneous.

A Zimbabwean man was devoured by a pride of lions while taking a shower in a camp in the north of the country, a conservation body said Tuesday.

…Johannesburg – Three bodies of the boys who drowned in an Eldorado Park stream have been recovered, Johannesburg emergency services said on Wednesday, September 15. Two of the boys were found on Wednesday morning, after the third was recovered on Tuesday, spokesperson Nana Radebe said. Aged between 10 and 12, they were playing in the [...]

…Harare – Zimbabwe held a secret auction of diamonds from its Marange fields,where the army has been accused of forced labour and torture, an official said on Tuesday, September 14. “Yes, the sales were carried out this weekend,” Secretary for Mines Thankful Musukutwa said, without giving further details. The auction on Saturday and Sunday was [...]

…Blantyre – Former President Bakili Muluzi has pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of corruption and theft. Muluzi appeared in the High Court in Blantyre on Tuesday, September 14, five years after he was arrested charged with corruption following allegations that he took for his personal use $12m (about M95 million) in development aid donated [...]

…Blantyre – Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika on Monday, September 13 left for an Iranian-African summit which will discuss how Tehran can assist with development of the continent. “This is a very interesting and important trip. For the past three years, Iran has been inviting Africa to see what Iran can do for the continent,” [...]

…Antananarivo – Madagascar’s coup government launched a fresh effort on Monday, September 13 to resolve an 18-month political crisis that has brought the Indian Ocean island international isolation. Around 4,000 civil society members and politicians gathered outside the capital Antananarivo for a week-long conference on an interim government, a new constitution, elections and national reconciliation. [...]

…Gaborone – Botswana’s government says its defence minister, accused of corruption by opposition parties, has resigned. A brief government statement on Monday gave no reason for the resignation of Ramadeluka Seretse, a cousin of President Seretse Ian Khama. It said Lesego Motsumi would be acting defence minister. Earlier this year, the opposition Botswana Congress Party [...]

…MAPUTO – A private television station in Mozambique says six people have been killed as police shoot at protesters. The S-TV station says the dead included one child. The station gave few other details. Police could not immediately confirm the report. Police opened fire on Wednesday, September 1 on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising [...]