Thousands march in Sudan pro-democracy protests

Thousands of protestors have taken to the street of Khartoum one year on from the country’s military coup. Doctors have said one protestor had been killed and close to seventy people needed treatment for injuries.

The president of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, has fired his agriculture minister, Lobin Lowe, and his deputy, Madalitso Kambauma Wirima, amid concerns around subsidies for farmers.

We get an update from BBC’s Patience Atuhaire on the fire which broke out at a Ugandan school for visually impaired children.

And artist, Yinka Shonibare, gives us an insight into his latest exhibition on African modernism.

Photo: Protesters take to the streets in Khartoum, Sudan. Credit: Mahmoud Hjaj/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images