Mozambique: Hundreds flee violent attacks in Palma

In Mozambique authorities say dozens have been killed in a major assault by Islamist insurgents on the town of Palma in the north-east of the country.

The regional Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) Parliament meets for the first time in Sierra Leone.

And in South Africa a ballet dancing school and a shopping mall have joined forces to offer socially distanced ballet dancing lessons to children.

(Image: Pemba population gathers at the port for the arrival of the displaced from Palma. Credit: EPA)