International

Guinea-Bissau’s president says the masterminds of last week's coup attempt served time in US jails for drug trafficking.

Mozambique is forming an anti-abduction unit - but the latest kidnapping is seen as an embarrassment given it took place in the city centre and after restructuring top roles at the interior ministry and the national criminal unit (Sernic)

Sankara was assassinated in 1987 and a trial was launched into his killing last year, after French authorities finally agreed to release military documents detailing the circumstances of his death.

The Malawi High Court has ruled that the extradition committal proceedings against Enlightened Christian Gathering church leader Shepherd Bushiri and wife Mary should continue.

One of the towns badly affected was Nosy Varika on the coast where most of the buildings were destroyed and the town was cut off from the surrounding area due to flooding, an official said.