Former Botswana president summoned to court

Botswana’s former president Ian Khama has been summoned to appear in court on a firearms charge. He spoke to Focus on Africa from self-imposed exile in South Africa.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has met with regional leaders to discuss the dire state of security in the East African Community's newest member, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

And in our weekly letter Maher Mezahi reflects on the last seven years living in Algeria as he packs up to leave his motherland.

(Photo: Ian Khama. Credit: Getty Images)