Phemelo Motene speaks to Crystal Orderson, Southern Africa Editor

Ethiopia's former Prime Minister says Salva Kiir has failed South Sudan and must step aside.

Zimbabwe has become the second country in Africa to legalise cannabis cultivation... with some strict conditions.

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari is to meet United States President Donald Trump in Washington. Former Malawi President Joyce Banda returns home, saying she is ready to prove her innocence.

Thousands of people are expected at the anti-government protests in Tanzania, which have been banned by authorities. South Sudan President Salva Kiir rejects calls for some opposition groups to resign as part of a deal to end the four year civil war in the country.

Former Malawi President Joyce Banda is set to return home after several years in exile. Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto has criticized a campaign by the opposition to push for a referendum that would create positions for its leaders.

Thousands protest in Madagascar against election laws which they argue are designed to prevent their preferred candidate from contesting a presidential election in the country. Hundreds of Ugandan forces are stuck in Somalia due to a lack of funding.

Fired Zimbabwe nurses sue the government, as nursing union members are set to resume work today. Botswana’s new leader urges President Joseph Kabila to not stand for re-election in the DRC’s long-delayed elections.

The doctor who discovered the Aids virus says that Malawi can eradicate HIV infections. There is outrage in Zimbabwe, as government starts to recruit nursing staff, after firing nurses participating in the nationwide strike.

The Zimbabwean government has fired thousands of striking nurses, vowing to replace them with newly-trained and retired nurses. South Sudan armed groups release over 500 child soldiers.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is meeting in Angola to discuss security region and find solutions to bring peace and stability to the DRC. Half of Kenya’s electoral board has resigned, as the commissioners cite lack of faith in the organisation’s leadership.