Egyptian singer Sherine Abdel Wahab has been sentenced to six months in prison for joking about the cleanliness of the River Nile.

Sherine, one of the country's most famous singers - and a judge on the Arabic version of The Voice TV show - told a fan that drinking from the famous river might give them parasites.

"Drink Evian instead," she joked.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce a cabinet reshuffle at 1830 GMT on Monday, his office said in a short statement.

Ramaphosa was sworn almost two weeks ago after his scandal-plagued predecessor, Jacob Zuma, reluctantly resigned.

A UN envoy has warned that Burundi is not ready to hold credible elections, reports AFP news agency.

Michel Kafando told the UN Security Council that the ruling party and its allies remain firmly in control of political life and tensions remain high, AFP adds.

A woman has died after being attacked by a lioness at a South African game reserve.

The attack took place at a lodge in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria.

The Ugandan military has confirmed its soldiers killed three Somali soldiers on Saturday.

The AFP news agency reports that the military accused Somali soldiers of opening fire on a military convoy carrying Uganda's peacekeeping commander which it said forced them to retaliate, AFP adds.

An opposition politician was hacked to death at his home in central Tanzania on Thursday night, police said on Friday, as his party described the murder as a “political assassination,” according to reports. Godfrey Luena, of the Chadema party, was the elected head of the small Namawala municipality in the central Morogoro Region. He was the second party official to be killed in such circumstances in the past fortnight.