Sierra Leone MPs have approved a contested overhaul of electoral laws, introducing a women’s quota and lowering the threshold for presidential victory.
The Malawi government has cleared the Kangankunde Rare Earth project of illegal mining charges, stating official inspections found no unauthorized extraction or illegal exports.
Jacob Zuma has appointed his son Duduzane as first deputy president of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party after removing his twin sister, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla.