Morocco qualified for the 2018 World Cup in Russia with a 2-0 victory away to Ivory Coast, who missed out on a fourth consecutive appearance at the finals.
The President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbe has spoken about the ongoing opposition protests in his country demanding his exit from power and an end to the Gnassingbe dynasty.
Senegal qualified for their second appearance at the World Cup finals, returning after a 16-year absence, with a clinical victory over a luckless South Africa at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.
Separatists from Cameroon’s Anglophone region have killed four security forces in several attacks over the past few days, the government said on Saturday, an unprecedented violent turn to a movement that risks morphing into a full blown insurgency.
The Gambia officially has a vice president and the position has been occupied by Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang who was appointed by President Adama Barrow months ago.