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1. Nigeria: How Nigeria Should Respond to the South Africa Xenophobia

   [allAfrica] Washington, DC -- The images coming out of South Africa are hard to ignore: Black immigrants, many of them Nigerians, harassed, displaced and, in some cases, violently driven from their communities. The scenes demand condemnation. But they also demand something more difficult and far more consequential: leadership, and specifically, demand regional responsibility.

2. Africa: $340 Million UN Nairobi Expansion 'Signals Global Shift Toward Africa'

   [Capital FM] Nairobi -- The United Nations is making one of its largest-ever infrastructure investments in Africa since its inception besides peacekeeping, with Secretary-General António Guterres expected in Kenya next week to oversee a nearly USD 340 million expansion of its Nairobi headquarters.

3. South Africa: South Africans Are Not a Xenophobic People - Presidential Spokesperson

   [SAnews.gov.za] Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya says President Cyril Ramaphosa expects law enforcement to take action against violent protesters, while emphasising that South Africans are not xenophobic.

4. Nigeria: Court Convicts Former Minister of Fraud

   [Vanguard] The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday convicted a former Minister of Power, Mr Saleh Mamman, of 12 counts of fraud and money laundering, charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

5. South Africa: What Should South Africa's Interim Police Chief Prioritise?

   [ISS] Puleng Dimpane may only have a short time available, but she can still do things that strengthen the South African Police Service.