International

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on Saturday reaffirmed he will not contest next year's election, despite scepticism from the opposition, and the ruling party yet to name another candidate less than six months from polling day.

Zambian musician and activist Chama "Pilato" Fumba was arrested Saturday for addressing an unauthorised rally in the southern city of Livingstone, police said.

She has endured decades of vilification and professional isolation, but at the age of 72, Doctor Mamisa Chabula-Nxiweni persists in her fight to end the deaths and misery from traditional circumcision in South Africa.

An Indian lawmaker was sentenced to life Friday for raping a teenager whose plight police ignored until she tried to set herself on fire, in a case highlighting the impunity often enjoyed by the powerful.

Malaysian ex-leader Najib Razak swore in a packed mosque Friday he did not order the killing of a Mongolian woman linked to a major defence deal, rejecting an allegation from his ex-bodyguard.