Hundreds of small-scale traders shut their shops and took to the streets of central Nairobi on Friday, protesting a 28 per cent rise in the customs tax.

Anti-migrant fury spilt onto the streets of Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta on Thursday, with protesters storming beach camps, trashing migrants' shelters and belongings and throwing some onto fires.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame accused the international community of mishandling the eastern DRC crisis and failing to address its root causes, arguing that sanctions and outside interventions have compounded a conflict that has persisted for three decades.

Farmers in eastern Zimbabwe are using solar-powered irrigation to keep crops growing through dry periods, turning a community garden into a source of food and income.

Ten crew members jumped into the sea moments before a tugboat capsized and sank during a salvage operation off Botolan in the Philippines' Zambales province on Monday.

African migrants gathered on a beach in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta on Monday, holding a makeshift 'lottery' to decide who would get the chance to register at the city's overwhelmed CETI reception centre.

Urban and inter-departmental public transport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra is operating with a heavily reduced fleet, the result of the diesel shortage that has hit the country since May. 

Transport companies have cut frequencies and rescheduled journeys due to the lack of fuel.

The final buses carrying Malawian returnees from South Africa arrived in Mwanza on Friday, ending a government-funded programme that brought home more than 56,700 people.

Returnees were observed unloading belongings and undergoing checks before receiving aid.

Mali's transitional president Assimi Goita has granted a presidential pardon to French national Yann Vezilier, two months after he was sentenced to 20 years in prison over an alleged plot to destabilise the military-led government.

Migrants stranded in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta are building makeshift camps along the beach as overcrowded reception centres struggle to cope with the latest migration crisis.