South Africa dispatches special team on anti-xenophobia mission

The team of special envoys will visit seven African countries to reassure people "that South Africa is committed to the ideals of pan-African unity and solidarity", according to a statement from the president's office.

Plus Cameroon's Anglophone lawyers start a five-day strike.

And Zimbabwean doctors march in the capital Harare, to protest at the alleged abduction over the weekend of the head of the doctor's union.

(Image: A woman holds a banner during a recent civil society groups' march in Johannesburg against the recent rise of xenophobic attacks. Credit: Getty Images)