Botswana:128 days to the Presidential Elections

Botswana's opposition leader Duma Boko of the Umbrella for Democratic Change party is hoping to change the dynamics of Botswana's leadership since Independence 53-years ago, by capitalising on the fall out between former president Ian Khama and his former deputy, Mogweetsi Masisi.

Ethiopia has declared a national day of mourning to mark the deaths of four top officials in what the government is saying were coordinated killings as part of a coup attempt in northern Amhara state.

The United Nations children's fund says more than 600,000 children in Cameroon have been unable to go to school for the past three years.

(Image: Duma Boko of the opposition UDC party. Credit: BBC)