The second Forum on Investing in Africa is taking place in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province.

The Nigerian Army says its troops have arrested one of the leaders of the Niger Delta militant group. A statement issued by its spokesperson says that the ring leader was arrested along with his accomplice.

South African President Jacob Zuma who is in the People's Republic of China, to attend the 11th edition of the Group of 20 Leaders' Summit says Africa is united for a common goal. South Africa is the sole African country on the global economic bloc.

Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, charmed Russian president Vladimir Putin with an impassioned public plea for the two men to build a strong, long-lasting friendship and work towards a peace treaty that has eluded their countries since the end of the second world war.

Gabon's presidential guard has apparently bombed the opposition party's headquarters during post-election violence that has threatened to split the country apart.

Brazil's Dilma Rousseff has been stripped of the country's presidency in a Senate impeachment vote ending 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America's biggest economy. Rousseff, 68, was convicted by 61 of the 81 senators of illegally manipulating the national budget.

Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff on Monday fielded questions from senators in day four of her impeachment trial.

Hundreds of migrants have been saved after being found floating on a wooden boat off the Libyan coast. The people, mainly from Eritrea, were rescued by Spanish humanitarian group Proactiva Open Arms. The group included babies and children.

The United Nations envoy in Cairo is discussing the formation of a new government in Libya. The parliament had hinted intentions of moving headquarters from the Libyan city of Tobruk, located in the country's far east, to Benghazi, which the army recently announced freeing from extremists.

A long-time central bank teller who is on the run in Somalia is reported to have deposited fake Somali notes and took U.S. dollars with him. The whereabouts of Muhyadin Mohamed Hassan who was involved in the systematic theft remains unknown.