Africa
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Police and students clash during university protest in JohannesburgSeveral students injured in latest unrest at University of the Witwatersrand following announcement over fees increase -
Where Theresa May’s stance on refugees takes usLetters: By ignoring the state-sponsored violence in countries such as Sudan our leaders seek a sticking plaster rather than a cure -
Eritrean accused of people-smuggling to face second trial in ItalyProsecutors say Medhanie Berhe, 29, is in fact Medhanie Mered, a notorious 35-year-old people-smuggler
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£100m of UK aid budget to be spent controlling immigration from AfricaTheresa May uses UN speech to outline plans to return Somali refugees and stop people trying to cross Mediterranean
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iPhone is a wake-up call for fair business practicesLetters: The appalling working conditions in the factories of China producing the iPhone are mirrored in the African mines where major phone manufacturers source their minerals
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Libyan authorities search for Canadian and two Italians abducted at borderThe three were abducted at gunpoint on the highway between Ghat and Ubari, while three North Koreans kidnapped by Isis have been freed by Libyan forces
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Ugandans driven to despair by spending on MPs' cars as basic services sufferUganda’s inequalities are laid bare as MPs are awarded extravagant allowances while the country’s failing infrastructure remains desperately underfunded
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Two Italians kidnapped in southern LibyaThe abduction of the men, reportedly Ghat airport workers, follow those of four Italians in July last year
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Nigerian president apologizes for plagiarizing Obama in speechPresident Muhammadu Buhari’s September remarks nearly identical to 2008 Obama speech
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Surprise Johannesburg mayor sets out to transform the city in his imageTycoon Herman Mashaba wants to ‘turn the city into a construction site’ employing his own unapologetically rightwing principles
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Nigeria ready to 'swap' Boko Haram prisoners for Chibok girlsInformation minister says government prepared to intervene in case of 276 girls kidnapped in 2014
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An eye for an eye is the wrong response to attacks on humanitariansI survived the attack in which South Sudanese soldiers murdered and gang raped aid workers – but executing the perpetrators will not bring justice
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South Sudanese general paid $1.5m for Melbourne home, says war profiteering reportGeneral James Hoth Mai Nguoth was earning just A$60,000 a year, says report released by the Sentry
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South African national park to kill animals in response to severe droughtAbout 350 hippos and buffaloes under threat in Kruger national park to be killed in attempt to prevent animals suffering
UN warns over global fallout from debt crisis in poor countries