A group of protesters besieged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's Results Centre at the Rainbow Towers Hotel in the capital, Harare. Charles said returning to Kumasi brought back fond memories of time he spent in the city 41 years ago. Last week on Monday, Dar es Salaam governor Paul Makonda launched an anti-gay crackdown, threatening to arrest people suspected of being homosexuals. Read more on this story herePresident of war-torn South Sudan to mediate Sudan peace talksSouth Sudan's President Salva Kiir has been appointed to mediate peace talks between Khartoum and rebels in the Blue Nile, South Kordofan and Darfur conflict zones. South Sudan achieved independence from Sudan in 2011, but the states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan - which both have large ethnic minority populations who fought alongside the south - were left north of the border.

Source: News 24 November 06, 2018 06:00 UTC