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.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa now attends the G20 meetings by &#x201Crumour&#x201D after the country was excluded by the US, which currently holds the G20 presidency.

The United States is actively courting Morocco as a priority partner in natural gas infrastructure development,with a high-level Moroccan institutional delegation’s strategic study visit to Hou

Guinea’s Foreign minister Morissanda Kouyaté has expressed his country’s thanks to King Mohammed VI for the humanitarian and safe return of dozens of Guineans who were rescued off Morocco’s Atlan