400 Killed and 600 Missing in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone needs "urgent support" for thousands of people hit by mudslides and massive flooding in the capital, the country's president says. Ernest Bai Koroma said entire communities had been wiped out and that the "devastation was overwhelming us".

Zimbabwean First Lady Grace Mugabe has returned home from South Africa after failing to turn herself in to police in Johannesburg to face accusations of assault, officials say. It was not immediately clear why Mrs Mugabe did not report to police after saying she would do.

Marvel comics are set to publish their first comic with a Nigerian superhero. Blessing In Disguise is set in Lagos and was been written by Nnedi Okorafor a science fiction writer. She gives us a preview of what it’s all about.