Isaac Kaledzi

Entertainer Jerry Lewis, one of Hollywood's most successful comedians, has died aged 91. A family statement said he died of natural causes at his home in Las Vegas on Sunday morning.

Libya's Sharara oilfield, the country's largest, has been shut down since Saturday because of a pipeline blockade, industry sources and an engineer said.

Ten US Navy sailors are missing and five have been injured after a US destroyer and an oil tanker collided near Singapore, the Navy says.

Four children from Sudan whose parents are believed to have been killed fighting for Islamic State in the Libyan city of Sirte last year were handed over to the Sudanese consul on Sunday for return to their country.

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has given his first speech since returning home from London where he had spent months on sick leave.

Officials in Nigeria have confirmed the death of nine people in a boat accident in Lagos on Sunday. The nine were part of passengers who were traveling in a boat which capsized due to what the government said was due to overcrowding.

Thousands of anti-racism demonstrators flooded the streets of Boston Saturday, dwarfing a gathering of white nationalists in the city and triggering scuffles with police but avoiding the serious violence that marred a similar event a week earlier in Virginia.

Two protesters were killed and 13 others wounded in Togo on Saturday when security forces opened fire to break up demonstrations against the ruling Gnassingbe family dynasty, the security ministry said.

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari returned to his country on Saturday from London where he has spent months on a sick leave.

Grace Mugabe, wife of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has returned to Zimbabwe from South Africa where she had been accused of assaulting a 20 year old model in a hotel in Johannesburg.