Zimbabwe’s political turmoil is to top the agenda at an emergency meeting of southern Africa leaders in Tanzania.

Heavy gunfire erupted in Kinshasa this morning around the home of Congo’s top presidential challenger, a day after fighters trapped diplomats who had to be evacuated by UN peacekeepers.

Heavy gunfire echoed through the Congolese capital today, with the shooting apparently centred close to the home of ex-rebel leader turned presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba.

A man accused of being one of the chief architects of the Rwandan genocide is to appear before a UN tribunal today in Arusha, Tanzania.

More than 60 people, including 10 foreigners, were killed when a fuel truck and a packed bus turned into a fireball after colliding in western Uganda.