Mali suspended from Africa Union

Mali has been suspended by the African Union after last week’s military coup. The suspension is the second in nine months. The AU has called for a return to a civilian government in Mali

In Tanzania mobile courts have been introduced in a bid to reduce the backlog of legal cases waiting to be heard, some up to five years. Vehicles fitted with monitors and audio recording equipment can now also take legal teams to rural areas.

And, in our weekly letter we hear why Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe's bones are still causing a stir, almost two years after he died.

Image: President of Mali's transitional government Colonel Assimi Goita waves from vehicle as he returns from Accra where he met with ECOWAS on May 31, 2021. Credit: Getty Images)