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Police in Zimbabwe on Monday arrested a journalist who reported that the country’s ruling party is distributing used underwear belonging to the first lady, Grace Mugabe.

Grenades were thrown at the homes of two outspoken Members of Parliament in Uganda following their opposition to the scrapping of presidential age limit proposed by the ruling party, National Resistance Movement.

Human rights groups on Monday claimed that officials in Egypt have arrested 22 people over the past three days in a crackdown on gays.

Authorities at Kenya's University of Nairobi on Tuesday asked students to vacate the institute as they order the closure of the school indefinitely over security concerns.

Authorities in Cameroon on Monday blocked internet services to the country's English-speaking areas as the government continues a crackdown on protesters seeking independence.

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi vowed on Monday to push ahead with national peace talks after he was overwhelmingly re-elected leader of the ruling Frelimo party at a five-yearly conference.

More than two million birds have died or have been culled since an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza  - or bird flu - was confirmed in the Western Cape in August, Economic Opportunities MEC Alan Winde said on Monday.

One person has been reported by local media in Kenya to have died on Monday after police fired teargas into opposition supporters in Kenya who were demonstrating against the country's electoral commission.

More than 50 people have been killed and at least 100 injured in a mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert. A gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel toward an open-air music festival being held close by.

The UN health agency the World Health Organisation has announced that it is intensifying efforts at containing the spread of plague in Madagascar.