South Africa: Large numbers of fish killed by ‘temperature shock’

Fishermen in South Africa along the east and south coast of the Eastern Cape have reported rare fish species washing up ashore.

In Egypt fire services have been tackling a huge blaze at a clothing factory on the eastern outskirts of Cairo

And in our weekly letter a journalist in Algeria examines his country's relationship with its former colonial power, France.

(Image: Fish washed up on river bank. Credit: Getty Images)