Authorities in Ghana say 1,000 soldiers and police officers are being deployed to a north-eastern border town after gunmen killed an immigration officer and left two others in hospital. Uganda's Director of Public Prosecutions has approved corruption charges against Karamoja Affairs Minister Mary Goretti Kitutu over her role in an iron sheets scandal in the north-eastern region. Zimbabwe might implement a law criminalising the recruitment of its health personnel by other countries. Thousands of trained doctors and nurses have been streaming out of the country - actively recruited by head-hunters for better pay and working conditions.