February 25, 2013.

From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Motshabi Hoaeane.

Making headlines:

Government is expected to name and shame corrupt officials.

Guinea’s opposition coalition pulls out of the legislative elections process.

And, fighting in Sudan's Darfur region kills 51 people.

Justice Minister Jeff Radebe has announced that government officials convicted of corruption will be named and shamed. He said that government would publish all the names of people who have been convicted in cases of corruption, and all those whose assets have either been frozen or have been forfeited to the state.

Radebe said officials were "working out the details" of whether to use electronic media, newspapers, radio or television to publish the information.

Meanwhile, responding to a question about whether publication might pose legal problems, Radebe said the names were already public knowledge.

Guinea’s opposition party spokesperson Aboubacar Sylla says the opposition coalition has withdrawn from preparations for long-delayed legislative polls and may stage nationwide protests. Sylla claims the run up to the vote has been flawed.

The opposition says the elections commission chose the poll date unilaterally and that two companies contracted to update voter rolls have skewed the lists in current President Alpha Conde's favour. They also want Guineans living abroad to be allowed to vote.

However, government spokesperson Damantang Albert Camara called the move a tactic that risked making the May 21 poll date untenable, which is intended to be the last step in the West African country's transition to civilian rule after two years under a violent army junta following the death of long-time leader Lansana Conte in 2008.

Sylla, says that if, despite the withdrawal, the regime persists in organising the legislatives in the current conditions, the opposition will bring forward and intensify protests so the government finally hears the voice of the people.  Thousands of people participated in peaceful protests across Guinea last week in support of opposition demands.

Recent fighting between Arab tribes in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur has killed 51 people and wounded 62, says State news agency SUNA. This is the first official comment on fresh violence in the western region

Conflict has raged in the vast arid region since mainly non-Arab tribes revolted against the Arab government in Khartoum in 2003, accusing it of political and economic neglect.

North Darfur governor Osman Mohammed Kibir told SUNA that a total of 51 people were killed during new fighting in the area of El Sireaf between the two tribes on Thursday and Saturday. However, he added that the army had now restored order, and that "criminals" on both sides were to blame for the new violence which was reported only this weekend.

The International Criminal Court, meanwhile, has issued arrest warrants for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and some aides to face charges of masterminding war crimes in Darfur. However, they deny the charges and refuse to recognise the court.

Also making headlines:

Hlumelo Biko, the son of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko, says that Cyril Ramaphosa cannot change the ANC alone.

Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi invites the opposition to a dialogue on the elections.

And, an Africa investment boom sees beyond the conflict-driven headlines as African investment funds have grown nearly five times in value in the past six years, attracting new forms of capital.

That’s a roundup of news making headlines today.