South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will legally challenge a report that has paved the way for parliament to consider impeachment proceedings against him over the theft of large sums of cash from his private farm.

Protests in Bolivia have entered the third day with three separate groups calling for reforms to agricultural, educational and labour policies.

The country’s main trade union, the Bolivian Workers’ Centre union, issued a strike call last Friday, coinciding with labour reform protests around the globe to mark International Workers’ Day.

A baby hippo found desperately nudging its dead mother at a lake in Kenya over the weekend is now being hand-reared at a wildlife sanctuary after rescue.

The calf, named Bumpy, was "just days old" when it became orphaned, according to Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, whose keepers are caring for it.

A blast at a fireworks factory in China's Hunan province has killed 26 people and left 61 wounded, state media says.

Rescue operations have wrapped up at the Huasheng Fireworks plant in the southern city of Liuyang.