There's growing speculation about the loyalty of Zimbabwe's army and police to the president, Robert Mugabe, after army riots broke out in Harare. Dire economic circumstances have taken their toll on many soldiers.
Al-Jazeera's Jonah Hull met with some of them in the South African town of Pietermaritzburg.
Nyasa Times "Minister of Women and Child Development Kate Kainja-Kaluluma has passed away in United Kingdom. “Indeed Hon Kate Kainja Kaluluma has died,” confirmed family friends in London. The 57-year-old minister was admitted to a North England hospital – York Hospital. Diplomatic sources at Malawi High Commission in London have said arrangements are being made to send her remains to Malawi. Kainja who was Dedza South West Constituency parliamentarian flew to United Kingdom for medical attention after a long-illness. She is survived by a husband, Emanuel Kaluluma and three children."