Zambia’s Cornelius Mweetwa, Minister of Information and Media, has called on public media outlets to provide balanced reporting of all political parties

 Zimbabwe’s National Democratic Working Group (NDWG) has formally petitioned AU to intervene

The United Nations’ (UN) top advocate for children affected by armed conflict says the world must renew efforts to prevent grave violations against children, warning that recruitment and exploitation remain widespread three decades after the creation of the mandate that monitors and combats these abuses.