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Multiple explosions were heard in Kyiv early Tuesday, marking the eighth Russian attack on the capital this month.

Lesotho imposed a night-time curfew after an investigative journalist was gunned down on Sunday.

South Africa has resolved the row with the US over allegations that Pretoria supplied weapons to Russia and it’s unlikely to face any repercussions, says finance minister Enoch Godongwana.

South African Army chief Lt-Gen Lawrence Mbatha is in Moscow for talks with his counterpart, Russia’s defence ministry said on Monday.

President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with Pope Francis, Italy’s prime minister and other top officials during a visit to Rome and the Vatican on Saturday, before traveling to Berlin. Germany is preparing a a military aid package for Ukraine worth some €2.7bn (R56.6bn), the nation’s defence ministry announced.

Sudan’s warring generals are close to signing a joint declaration that would allow for humanitarian access to the nation’s capital, with African Union troops potentially being deployed to secure the airport, senior AU and United Nations officials said.

Six candidates are vying to succeed Patrick Njoroge as the governor of Kenya’s central bank, a changeover that comes as the East African nation contends with stubbornly high inflation and a depreciating currency.

Germany and Kenya pledged to strengthen cooperation on climate protection, green energy and the exchange of workers after talks between Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President William Ruto in Nairobi.

The rand slumped to its weakest level on record against the dollar and government bond yields soared as a diplomatic row between South Africa and the US simmered, putting trade of as much as R400bn at risk.

The rand weakened to its worst level in three years and yields on local-currency bonds rose as concerns about South Africa’s continuing energy shortage and deteriorating economic outlook intensify among investors.