summary

  1. Benin's electoral commission blocks five opposition parties
  2. A football star dies after collapsing on a field
  3. New cyclone in Mozambique
  4. Zanzibar interrupts all shipping
  5. The second largest diamond in history found
  6. Former governor of Nairobi arrested
  7. Mo Farah was "victim of an attack"
  8. Chinese trader obtains traditional Nigerian title