South Africa's Jacob Zuma Steps Down As President

South Africa's president Jacob Zuma has announced that he's resigning. The governing ANC has welcomed the decision. Cyril Ramaphosa is set to replace him as head of state.

A former student has gone on a shooting spree at his former high school in Florida. At least seventeen people have died.

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has died. The sixty-five year old former Zimbabwean prime minister had been suffering from cancer and was being treated in a hospital in South Africa.