A 25-year old Nigerian has been killed during a police raid in Vaal near Johannesburg, South Africa. Ibrahim Badmus was killed on Tuesday, barely one week after 35-year-old Jelili Omoyele was shot dead in Johannesburg over an alleged 300 Rand (about N7,500) parking lot debt.

Liberians are voting on Tuesday to elect a new president and legislators in a poll that will see the country's first transfer of power from one democratically elected leader to another in more than 70 years.

Tunisia's health minister died of a heart attack during a charity marathon to raise awareness about cancer on Sunday.

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has pulled out of October's election re-run. Mr Odinga said his withdrawal would give the electoral commission enough time to introduce reforms that will help deliver a more credible election.

More than 100 hippos have been found dead in a Namibian national park, with authorities suspecting anthrax could be responsible.

A former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, says young people must rise up to take leadership positions. According to him, the notion that young people could not take key leadership positions was untrue in today’s world. Annan, 79, was sharing his views at a youth conference in the Colombian city of Bogota.