NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya should create more senior political posts including that of prime minister and increase payments to regional governments to try to end cyclical election violence, a government report said on Wednesday.

MELILLA (Reuters) - Four migrants have died and up to 16 more are missing after trying to cross into Europe from North Africa on a small raft, Spain's coastguard said on Wednesday.

BISSAU (Reuters) - Two former Guinea-Bissau prime ministers advanced on Wednesday to next month's presidential run-off, the electoral commission said, with incumbent Jose Mario Vaz finishing a distant fourth after a tenure marked by infighting and corruption scandals.

HARARE (Reuters) - Senior doctors at Zimbabwe's public hospitals went on strike on Tuesday to protest against the dismissal of junior colleagues who have boycotted work over pay for nearly three months, deepening a crisis in the country's health sector.

LAC WEGNIA, Mali (Reuters) - Modeste Traore has lived his whole life by Lake Wegnia, in Mali's Sahel region, and its fish have provided him with a livelihood that supports his extended family of 14 children.

WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibians voted on Wednesday in what was expected to be the toughest contest yet for the party that has ruled for three decades of independence, an election it was still expected to win despite a brutal economic crisis.

PARIS (Reuters) - Investigators have found the "black boxes" from the debris of this week's fatal French military helicopter crash and authorities will soon start examining them, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.