Fire and floods are behind dozens of deaths in Accra on Thursday caused by heavy rains that swept fuel into a fire and set off a huge explosion in Ghana's capital. Also, we take a closer look at the man who's hoping his meteoric rise in South Africa's political opposition will one day mean he'll be able to tackle his country's economic problems. And the United Nations says it's going to investigate its own handling of alleged sexual abuse in the Central African Republic by French and AU troops.

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