The Kenya Red Cross Society says it has received at least 2000 Ethiopian asylum seekers in Moyale town following their displacement. South Sudan suspends the operations of Radio Miraya, which is owned by the United Nations Mission in the country, for failing to comply with media laws.

Ethiopian soldiers kill nine civilians mistaken for militants. There is mixed reaction to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga’s reconciliation.

Bongani spoke to Southern Africa editor of The Africa Report, Crystal Orderson, about developments unfolding across the African continent.

The National Electoral Commission in Sierra Leone urges citizens to patiently wait for official election results. The United Nations condemns the ongoing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and wants elections to take place in that country in December.

Boko Haram is on the attack again, as 10 people are killed in three separate attacks in northeast Nigeria. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson travels to Ethiopia for the start of his first diplomatic trip to Africa.

Sierra Leone heads into hotly contested elections. Opposing factions of Zimbabwe’s MDC-T have descended into violence as they struggle for control in the wake of Morgan Tsvangirai’s death.

Five people have died as Ethiopian forces clash with protestors, as the country’s State of Emergency intensifies. Angola’s Isabel dos Santos denies corruption allegations by the country’s Oil CEO.

A number of sites in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, which include the country’s military headquarters and the French Embassy, have come under attack by suspected Islamist militants. SADC countries have welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa and International Relations and Cooperation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu during their working visits to Angola, Namibia and Botswana.

There has been another attack in Somalia. This time, a Mortar attack in Mogadishu has killed three people and injured several others. The United Nations warns that dry weather conditions and high temperatures are likely to reduce harvests in Southern Africa.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has hit back after Botswana blamed President Joseph Kabila for the DRC’s political crisis. Nigeria’s governing party has endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari to seek a second term in next year’s general elections.