[Deutsche Welle] Seabirds are being severely threatened by fisheries, pollution and invasive species. Scientist and conservationalist Ross Wanless explains to DW why the birds of the sea could be pivotal for survival of the planet.
[News24Wire] President Jacob Zuma has sent a message of condolences to French President Francois Hollande after more than 120 people were killed in attacks around the country on Friday night.
[News24Wire] Paralympian Oscar Pistorius on Saturday reported to Garsfontein police station, east of Pretoria, where he was to conduct community service.
[Al Jazeera] The families of South African striking miners shot dead by police at Lonmin's Marikana mine in 2012 have issued a court summons for Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa over complicity in their deaths, the presidency said.
[New Zimbabwe] TWENTY-ONE students from various tertiary colleges were Friday arrested as they tried to march to Parliament in a failed attempt to hand over a petition.
[News24Wire] Peace will only return to Burundi if President Pierre Nkurunziza steps down and respects the two-term presidential limit, the country's main opposition party said Friday.
[AIM] Maputo -Ten primary schools in the western Mozambican province of Tete, near the border with Malawi, have been closed since the end of June, due to the presence nearby of gunmen of the former rebel movement Renamo, reports the Maputo daily "Noticias".
[IPS] Harare -The upcoming week for the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), which runs from November 13-17 in Abidjan, the capital city of Ivory Coast, is set to throw this continent into the full gear of infrastructural boom, development experts here say.