Ghana summoned South Africa's envoy to the country on Thursday over several "xenophobic incidents," including one in which a legal Ghanaian migrant was asked to return home and "fix his country."

Francis Kere, a citizen of both Burkina Faso and Germany, is the only African to have won the prestigious Pritzker Prize for architecture.

Nigeria has inaugurated a military court to try officers accused of involvement in a failed coup attempt, marking a significant step in the government’s response to a plot that authorities say could have ended decades of democratic rule.

South Africa has pledged decisive action against perpetrators of xenophobic violence targeting foreign nationals, after Ghana formally protested over incidents involving its citizens.

The report's finding that at least 518 people were killed during last October's protests is at odds with a tally by opposition and religious groups.

The army says its fighting what it described as “terrorists” that had attacked the main army barracks in Bamako and other areas.

The Gharib Allah Sufi mosque was on the frontline of the conflict in the Sudanese capital for almost two years.

Earlier it said armed militants had staged simultaneous and coordinated attacks at several locations across the country involving multiple groups.

It was one of the largest coordinated attacks in Mali in recent years, as armed groups launched assaults across the capital, Bamako, and several other key locations. Government officials confirmed that at least 16 people were injured in the attacks, which targeted both civilian and military sites.

South Africa has received well-wishes, even from an unlikely ally, the United States, as it commemorates Freedom Day.