Protests turn deadly in Uganda

In Ethiopia, leaders from the Tigray region currently at war with the federal governement say a university has been targeted in military airstrikes. The head of a South African panel investigating rampant state corruption under Jacob Zuma shoots down a bid by the ex-president to have him step aside. And in Burkina Faso exhausted voters are hoping Sunday’s presidential election will prompt a return of  stability. The country has been marred by jihadist violence.