HARARE (Reuters) - At least nine illegal gold miners have died in Zimbabwe after they detonated explosives underground and were trapped at a mine owned by unlisted London-headquartered Metallon Corporation north of the capital Harare, the company said on Monday.

BLANTYRE (Reuters) - President Peter Mutharika won Malawi's presidential election with 38.57% of votes, the electoral commission said on Monday, narrowly securing another five-year term as leader of the southern African nation after delays over suspected tampering.

BLANTYRE/LILONGWE (Reuters) - Final results of Malawi's presidential elections will be published on Monday after the high court lifted its weekend injunction blocking the release following opposition allegations of tampering against President Peter Mutharika's ruling party.

PARIS (Reuters) - French police have arrested three people, including a 24-year-old computer science student of Algerian nationality, in connection with last week's bomb blast in Lyon that injured 13 people, authorities said.

PARIS (Reuters) - A group of 10 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are suing French conglomerate Bollore in a French court over commitments it made to residents and workers at its palm oil plantation in Cameroon.

CAIRO (Reuters) - The head of Sudan's military council met Abu Dhabi's crown prince on Sunday, who expressed the United Arab Emirates' support for Sudan as it navigates a transition after the ouster of Omar al-Bashir, Emirates news agency (WAM) reported.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's long-delayed carbon tax has been enshrined in law, the treasury said on Sunday, as one of the continent's worst polluters transitions to lower emissions in its efforts to meet agreements on global climate change.

OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Gunmen burst into a church in northern Burkina Faso on Sunday and shot dead four people, a security source said - at least the fourth attack on Christians in the past month.