Mugabe summons MPs after speech mix-up
Craig TaylorZimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe summons MPs to a special parliamentary session, a day after he read out the wrong speech at the opening of parliament. BBC News – Africa
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UAE woman sues Kenya over ‘rendition’
A United Arab Emirates (UAE) woman is suing the Kenyan authorities, saying she was kidnapped by police, taken to Somalia and Ethiopia, and tortured. BBC News – Africa
Kenya uprising memorial unveiled
A UK-funded memorial to Kenyans killed and tortured by British forces during the Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s is unveiled in Kenya. BBC News – Africa
Bomb blast hits Nigeria refugee camp
At least three people die after a bomb explodes at a camp in north-eastern Nigeria for people who have fled the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency. BBC News – Africa
Accused Ghana judges shown bribe videos
Some 22 of the Ghanaian judges allegedly caught on camera asking for bribes are shown the videos at the start of the investigation, judicial sources tell the BBC. BBC News – Africa
Child deaths ‘halved since 1990’
Child mortality has fallen by more than 50% since 1990, a report by the World Health Organization and UN children’s organisation Unicef says. BBC News – Africa