Channel Africa’s Khumbelo Munzhelele rounds up the news that made headlines this week.
On the programme this week: Algeria's constitutional council says it is impossible to hold elections to choose a successor to ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika early next month as planned, after the only two candidates were rejected. Namibian Capital City of Windhoek approves a proposal to rename Bahnhof Street in honour of professor Mburumba Kerina, one of Namibia's liberation heroes. South Africa’s economy contracts by 3-point-2 percent in the first quarter of 2019, from 1-point-4-percent in the last quarter of 2018.

And the African Union suspends Sudan's membership days after the military launched a brutal crackdown on protesters that killed dozens of people.

Channel Africa’s Khumbelo Munzhelele rounds up the news that made headlines this week.<br>On the programme this week: Algeria's constitutional council says it is impossible to hold elections to choose a successor to ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika early next month as planned, after the only two candidates were rejected. Namibian Capital City of Windhoek approves a proposal to rename Bahnhof Street in honour of professor Mburumba Kerina, one of Namibia's liberation heroes. South Africa’s economy contracts by 3-point-2 percent in the first quarter of 2019, from 1-point-4-percent in the last quarter of 2018.<br><br>And the African Union suspends Sudan's membership days after the military launched a brutal crackdown on protesters that killed dozens of people.

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