The security and political situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains “extremely tense”, a senior United Nations (UN) official told the Security Council on Thursday, as clashes intensify across the eastern provinces and fears grow of a wider regional spillover.

Visas for Taiwan officials to attend a World Trade Organisation (WTO) summit in Cameroon were riddled with errors leaving Taiwan unable to attend, the island’s foreign ministry said, after initially complaining they had been listed as coming from China

South Africa’s (SA) ActionSA Member of Parliament, Dereleen James, has told the National Assembly that the only viable solution to SA’s overcrowded correctional centres is the deportation of foreign nationals serving prison sentences.