[wanabidii] Burundi's president Nkurunziza gives southern rebels two weeks to surrender, or face full force of military (M&G Africa)

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Burundi's president Nkurunziza gives southern rebels two weeks to surrender, or face full force of military   The violence that has gripped the landlocked country and left more than 470 people dead since April 2015

Global agency may lower Kenya's rating, as it worries about 2017 election spending   The ratings company said it expects Kenya will attract higher interest rates when it sells a second Eurobond

Somali lawmakers killed in Al-Shabaab hotel attack; 'biggest explosion I've ever seen in my life', says police officer   Somalia's forces killed Mohamed Dulyadeyn, an al-Shabaab leader who Kenya says was mastermind behind April 2015 attack on Garissa University

Nigerian army says It freed 236 possible Boko Haram captives - 131 of them are children   In addition to an economy battered by falling oil prices, Nigeria is also now facing the rise of violence in more parts of the country

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