Eight schoolgirls in Kenya have been confirmed dead in a fire outbreak at their boarding school dormitory in Nairobi on Saturday. Officials said 10 more have been hospitalized and have not yet identified the cause of the fire.
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 18 people in northeast Nigeria on Friday, according to local witnesses and officials, the latest in an escalating number of lethal attacks in the region.
Dozens of activists from Cameroon’s English-speaking community were freed from jail on Friday as the mainly French-speaking nation’s president moved to ease months of tension in its minority regions.
Uganda's government has set up a committee designed to detect and curtail the circulation of pornographic material. Minister for Ethics and Integrity, Simon Lokodo, made the announcement on Monday.
Kenyan officials say two people have been killed and three badly wounded in separate attacks in coastal Lamu County. They blame suspected al-Shabaab extremists from neighboring Somalia.
Uganda moved to the top of Group E in Africa's 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-0 win over Egypt. Tanzania-based forward Emmanuel Okwi scored the only goal of the game six minutes after half-time.
