The Italian Coast Guard says it has rescued 350 people who were aboard rickety boats in the Mediterranean Sea as they tried to make it to European shores.

The federal government and parents of some Chibok schoolgirls that escaped from Boko Haram, have accused non-governmental organisations of using the girls to get donations in the United States. Some 15 girls were given offers to go to the United States for their education.

The UN Security Council has condemned the latest nuclear test conducted by North Korea, saying it is a clear violation of Security Council resolutions.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has warned protesters there would be no "Arab Spring" in Zimbabwe after anti-government demonstrations descended it to some of the worst violence seen in the southern African nation for two decades.

The second Forum on Investing in Africa is taking place in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province.

The Nigerian Army says its troops have arrested one of the leaders of the Niger Delta militant group. A statement issued by its spokesperson says that the ring leader was arrested along with his accomplice.

South African President Jacob Zuma who is in the People's Republic of China, to attend the 11th edition of the Group of 20 Leaders' Summit says Africa is united for a common goal. South Africa is the sole African country on the global economic bloc.

Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, charmed Russian president Vladimir Putin with an impassioned public plea for the two men to build a strong, long-lasting friendship and work towards a peace treaty that has eluded their countries since the end of the second world war.

Gabon's presidential guard has apparently bombed the opposition party's headquarters during post-election violence that has threatened to split the country apart.

Brazil's Dilma Rousseff has been stripped of the country's presidency in a Senate impeachment vote ending 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America's biggest economy. Rousseff, 68, was convicted by 61 of the 81 senators of illegally manipulating the national budget.