Relief efforts continue in KwaZulu-Natal

Thousands of people in Durban, South Africa's third most populous city, have been displaced by the devastating floods that followed days of heavy rainfall.

Mali's foreign minister rejects that the military and Russian mercenaries killed hundreds of civilians in cold blood, and says the allegations are part of “a smear campaign”.

And Nigeria has the green light to buy nearly $1bn worth of US military hardware.

Photo: Volunteers clean up the massive debris on a beach in the South African city of Durban. Credit: AFP/Getty Images.