MALAWI

An ongoing government corruption scandal could deter foreign aid and investment amid the gravest food crisis Malawi has seen in a decade.

The Watch Tower church in Tanzania has reportedly banned its thousands of followers from voting in the country's Oct. 25 general elections.

Many of the foreigners still living in the Chatsworth displacement camp were unwilling or unable to return to their home countries or to their South African communities.

The damning report was made worse by the fact that the U.N. provided assistance to only 12 percent of the victims of sexual offenses.

A former top aide to the Malawian president is under investigation for allegedly amassing a remarkable fortune in a year while earning a modest government salary.

Once Mozambique’s new laws go into effect, there will still be 35 African countries that deem homosexuality a criminal act.

In a BBC interview, Zimbabwe’s information minister asked South Africa to take a stronger stance against the violence.

The South African press has dubbed Mmusi Maimane, the new leader of the main opposition party, as the “Obama of Soweto.”

The xenophobic attacks in South Africa have targeted foreigners living in the country. Three South Africans were among the dead.

“The apartheid legacy has made us all sick," President Jacob Zuma said. "We have to address the underlying causes of violence and tension."

The alert urged Chinese citizens visiting South Africa to "exercise caution" and "avoid protests and large gatherings of people."

Soldiers from the South African National Defense Force are expected to arrive in the township of Alexandra in Johannesburg by 6 p.m. Tuesday.

The Nigerian government will start evacuating citizens from Durban, Johannesburg and other hot spots in South Africa where xenophobic violence has spread.

South African authorities request their counterparts across the continent help in defeating the "demon" of xenophobia.

Xenophobic violence in KwaZulu-Natal province prompts reactions in Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and Kenya as well.

Legislation enacted this week discriminates against the African nation's LGBT community, a global advocacy organization says.

Malawi, Nigeria and Kenya are calling for the evacuation of their nationals amid continuing attacks in the city of Durban.

Malawi police are under orders to shoot anyone attacking albinos in the latest bid to crack down on a rising wave of violence against albinos in East Africa whose body parts are prized in black magic.

When he goes back to work, surely there will be an elephant in the room.

The seven foreigners, and four Indonesians, were denied clemency by the president. The government says they will be executed this year.

Police have made arrests in a recent wave of attacks on foreigners though they have avoided framing the incidents as hate crimes.