The Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has made an unannounced visit to the border town of Kurmuk just days after it was captured from rebels. He said the rebellion was like a mosquito which had been crushed by the Sudanese army. He again accused South Sudan of backing the rebel fighters, a charge which the South denies.
A planned rally called by the Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has been abandoned after his supporters were attacked by youths armed with machetes, iron bars and stones. Mr Tsvangirai's party, the MDC, said more than 20 people were taken to hospital and five vehicles were destroyed. The party Secretary General Tendai Biti blamed supporters of President Robert Mugabe for the attack in the town of Chitungwiza.
"There are literally hundreds of people that have been beaten up, that have been stoned by Zanu-PF. This is not the beginning nor will it be the end of continuous, systematic acts of violence."
Continuing storms and torrential rain in northern Italy have caused the authorities to issue new safety warnings. Six people were killed in flash floods on Friday. From Rome, here's David Willey.
Schools have been ordered to close on Monday in Turin and Milan as a precaution after two children were among six victims who were swept away and died in flash floods in Genoa last Friday. A bridge across one of the tributaries of the River Po, Italy's longest river, was destroyed by rising water. And Turin is bracing itself for flooding as torrential rains move eastwards. Millions of Italians living all the way from Milan to Venice are at risk if the flooding continues.