Tanzania ex-leader Mkapa’s funeral

The funeral of Tanzania's former President Benjamin Mkapa took place in his home in Lupaso, in the south of the country.

Mali’s Prime Minister Boubou Cissé has invited influential imam Mahmoud Dicko to bring his movement into a unity government, in an effort to resolve the ongoing political crisis.

Plus a series looking back at some of Africa's greatest Olympians, today we hear from Francoise Mbango, the first Cameroonian to win an Athletics gold medal.

(Photo: Benjamin Mkapa’s funeral ceremony. Credit: BBC)