Isaac Kaledzi

Tunisia's public TV channel Wataniya threatened on Monday to stop broadcasting football matches after two of its journalists were wounded during weekend unrest.

The presidency of Nigeria has announced that it will be negotiating for the release of 110 girls abducted from a school in the northeastern town of Dapchi in the Yobe state.

There is anger in Uganda after a Member of Parliament in that country told men to "beat" their wives. Onesimus Twinamasiko is reported by Ugandan television channel NTV  to have said that "as a man, you need to discipline your wife.

Burundi's ruling party has bestowed the title of "eternal supreme guide" on President Pierre Nkurunziza, a party official confirmed Sunday, as critics claimed he wants to lock in power for life.

In 2015 British-Ghanaian architect David Adjaye unveiled plans for a 100-bed paediatric cancer centre in Rwanda. But in 2018 he also unveiled a plan for a new cathedral in Ghana.

The former President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has accused his successor of being a “hypocrite” and has refused to endorse him ahead of the general elections later this year.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has elected Nigerian Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji as its president for a three-year term.

The International Monetary Fund has told Kenya that it must reduce its alarming fiscal deficit, ensure a sustainable public debt regime and abolish the interest rates cap to put the economy back on a strong footing.

Marvel's superhero film Black Panther has taken more than a billion US dollars (£794m) at cinemas worldwide.

Five people were killed when a helicopter crashed into the East River of New York City on Sunday evening, police say.