BURUNDIAN GROUPS URGE AU ACTION OVER KENYA TRADER RESTRICTIONS

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Burundian civil society groups called on the African Union (AU) to intervene over Kenya's restrictions on foreign traders, warning that the measures risk fuelling xenophobia against Burundian nationals and other Africans living and working in the country.

BUKAVU FIRE VICTIMS LAID TO REST

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Grieving families buried victims of a devastating fire in Bukavu, eastern DRC, on Monday, after the blaze killed at least 29 people, most of them schoolchildren, and injured dozens.

RAMAPHOSA CALLS FOR GREATER GLOBAL SOUTH SOVEREIGNTY

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called for greater technological, financial and medical sovereignty for the Global South during the closing session of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi on Sunday.

BRITAIN FIRST MARCH DRAWS COUNTER-PROTEST IN TAMWORTH

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Supporters of the conservative group Britain First marched through Tamworth on Saturday demanding mass 'remigration', as police kept them apart from anti-fascist demonstrators during rival chants in the town centre.

RAMAPHOSA HIGHLIGHTS BRICS CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said BRICS economies had "confronted profound challenges" but "we have also shown that adversity can create opportunity" as he addressed the BRICS Business Forum on Friday.

GERMANY URGES ICJ TO DISMISS NICARAGUA CASE

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Germany urged the International Court of Justice on Monday to throw out Nicaragua's case accusing Berlin of breaching the Genocide Convention through its support and arms exports to Israel. 

TANZANIAN PRESIDENT'S HUSBAND BURIED IN ZANZIBAR

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The husband of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, Hafidh Ameir Hassan, was buried in Zanzibar's Kizimkazi on Monday, just hours after his death at a hospital on the island.

Hassan's burial was according to Islamic rites, and mourners included senior government, political and religious figures.

SANCHEZ REFUSES TO SPECULATE ON CEUTA MIGRATION

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez refused to enter the 'realm of speculations' over possible foreign involvement in the mass migration surge into Ceuta, speaking in Congress in Madrid on Thursday.

BRITISH-NIGERIAN DESIGNER REVIVES WEST AFRICAN HERITAGE

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In a workshop at London's Somerset House, British-Nigerian architect and designer Richard Adetokunbo Aina is turning West African material heritage into contemporary furniture, using craft to reconnect design with the cultures, communities and meanings behind it.

LVIV RESIDENTS CALL FOR ELECTIONS, CHANGE

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The western Ukrainian city of Lviv, on Saturday, called for elections and a change of government as political tensions continue during the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Residents expressed their views on the situation in the country.