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Russian media say Egypt has finalised a deal to build a nuclear power plant with funding from Moscow after nearly two years of negotiations.

African champions Cameroon cannot qualify for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia after a 1-1 draw with Nigeria in Yaounde on Monday.

Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has set October 17 for the fresh presidential election ordered by the country's Supreme Court after nullifying the August 8 electoral victory of incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Crimes against humanity are being committed in Burundi, according to a United Nations commission of inquiry. Killings, torture, sexual violence, degrading treatment, enforced disappearances and arbitrary arrests have been taking place since April 2015, according to the report published Monday.

Officials in Kenya have said that the fire outbreak at a school dormitory that killed 9 teenage girls was started deliberately. Kenya's education minister Fred Matiangi said on Monday that arson was to blame for the incident.

Gabon on Sunday announced a ban on opposition leaders, including former top African Union official Jean Ping, from leaving the country in what it said was a "temporary, administrative measure".

The President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has slammed the late Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa blaming him for the economic issues confronting his country.

Four opposition parties in Angola on Sunday called for a recount in last week's general election, alleging "irregularities" during the vote that kept the ruling party in power.

Judges in Kenya have condemned the country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta who on Friday attacked the judiciary following the Supreme Court’s ruling nullifying his election victory on August 8.

Almost 100 inmates escaped from a prison in the Ivory Coast on Sunday, the latest in a string of jail breaks in the west African country, officials said.