Thousands of Movement for Democratic Change supporters clad in red have thronged the Robert Mugabe Square in the capital Harare to pay their respects to the former leader.
Kenya is on the radar of 4% of the global rich looking for a new property, while ultra-rich Africans count the East African nation among their top five locations for a second home.
An African charity that improved access to drinking water and sanitation and reduced the chance of cholera deaths in a village in Togo was awarded the Kyoto World Water Grand Prize.
Equatorial Guinea has gone to the United Nations’ highest court to challenge a conviction in France against its vice-president for embezzling public money from the oil-rich but impoverished west African country – on the grounds that he has diplomatic immunity.
Fireblade Aviation, owned by South Africa's wealthy Oppenheimer family, processed the first international flights last week at its private terminal at O. R. Tambo International Airport.
Turkish soap operas have gained so much popularity that some people have set up makeshift cinemas while others have started businesses of translating the films.
The country remains caught between terror and totalitarianism. Thanks to a trio of creators, it now has its own league fighting for truth, justice and the Egyptian way of life.