South Sudan's military accused Ugandan rebels on Friday of attacking them on the Congo border, killing one soldier and the son of a local chief. Major General Biar Ajang of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SLPA) said the attack by Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) guerrillas took place on Thursday in Sukure Payam district.

Arrests and beatings continue in Zimbabwe barely three days before the ink has dried on the power sharing agreement between ZANU PF and the two MDC formations. 10 students from Bindura State University were arrested on Wednesday during protests calling for a conducive learning environment. Three student leaders Chiedza Gadzirayi (22), Laswet Savadye (24) and Respect Mbanga (21) were allegedly beaten up while in police custody.

Zimbabweans are once again having to wait for details of the new government, this time the cause of the delay is the composition of the new cabinet. The political leaders Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai met on Thursday morning to decide who controls which of the 31 ministries up for grabs, but MDC spokesperson Nelson Chamisa said the issue of the “key ministries is really becoming quite problematic.”

Rwanda is on course to become the first country in the world where women MPs outnumber men. The small central African country, known for one of the worst genocides of modern times, is now comparatively stable and the elections passed off peacefully. The head of the electoral commission, Chrysologue Karangwa, said: "We have not yet got full results, [but] it's clear women representatives will be more than 50 per cent."

Cholera has killed 122 people and new cases have been reported in the last three weeks alone in Guinea Bissau. The epidemic is uncontrollable in the capital Bissau and elsewhere, experts told IRIN. The hardest hit regions are Bijao Island 158 cases, Biombo 836, Quinara 216, Oio 215 and Bissau 4,500.