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49 people have been reported to have drowned when the boat they were traveling in tipped over in a river in northern Democratic Republic of Congo.

The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa is to donate half of his salary to charity work to honour the late Nelson Mandela who was the country’s first black president.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Burundi's new constitution which allows for changes to be made to presidential term limits in the central African country has been approved by voters in last week's referendum.

The Commonwealth has announced on Monday that Zimbabwe has officially applied to re-join the group following the exit of Robert Mugabe from power.

The Health ministry of the Democratic Republic of Congo has said that vaccination campaign to deal with the spread of the deadly Ebola virus begins on Monday.