South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa signs a party funding bill into law, but opposition parties say the changes are unconstitutional, with some political critics even planning on mounting a legal challenge.

In Ivory Coast, would-be migrants who return home are known locally as "the cursed". With their dream of a better life abroad in tatters, they also face stigma and rejection from their families and communities. Yassin Ciyow and Guillaume Collanges went to meet them.

The ongoing siege on the last stronghold of the Sudanese Armed Forces in Darfur could not only end in bloodshed for civilians, but also draw more actors into the war between the two generals.