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The military in Nigeria has been accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by the human rights group, Amnesty International.

The death toll from the cyclone that hit Somaliland has now reached over 50, according to government officials in the self-declared east African nation.

The South African gold miner AngloGold Ashanti has announced that it will be cutting some 2,000 jobs at its domestic operations.

Ebola patients have been reported to have escaped quarantine in the Congo river port city of Mbandaka with two of those patients dieing later on.

Nigeria has been hit by a cholera outbreak with health officials in the state of Adamawa saying that 12 people have died so far.

Rwanda has signed a partnership deal with English Football Club Arsenal which is expected to boost the country’s tourism industry.

Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has filed formal complaint with the country's criminal investigations department of the police service calling for a probe into Ghana's football association boss, Kwesi Nyantakyi.

A suicide car bomber from Somalia’s Islamist group al Shabaab hit a military convoy outside Mogadishu on Tuesday, causing an unknown number of deaths, a police officer and the group’s spokesman told Reuters.

State media in Burkina Faso has reported that security forces have killed three suspected terrorists on Tuesday following a special operation on the outskirts of the capital Ouagadougou.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is under pressure to lift current ban on demonstrations in the country after the UN Security Council on Monday demanded that the government relaxes its stance on protests.