Africa today at a glance
Tuesday April 24 2018
Banda expected home
Former president of Malawi Joyce Banda expected to return home this week after nearly four years of self-imposed exile in the wake of the biggest financial scandal in the country's history.
Madagascar elections verdict
Madagascar's constitutional court sitting in Antananarivo rules on controversial election laws recently adopted by parliament
Surgeons' congress in Cameroon
The 27th international congress on endoscopic surgery opens in the Cameroon capital, Yaoundé. The meeting brings together gynaecological surgeons from all over the continents.
SADC summit in Angola
Angola hosts an extraordinary summit of the regional bloc SADC to analyse the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Lesotho and other regional processes.
Kudos to Salah
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) President Ahmad says Egyptian Mohamed Salah “has really made Africa proud” following the Liverpool forward’s decoration as Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Player of the Year, becoming the first African-born player to win the crown.