The presidency of Nigeria has announced that it will be negotiating for the release of 110 girls abducted from a school in the northeastern town of Dapchi in the Yobe state.
The former President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has accused his successor of being a “hypocrite” and has refused to endorse him ahead of the general elections later this year.
Soldiers in Ethiopia have killed nine civilians after mistaking them for militants close to its border with Kenya. The incident which occurred on Sunday also led to 12 people sustaining injuries.
Hundreds of women took to the streets in the Tunisian capital on Saturday to demand equal inheritance rights as men, a subject often seen as taboo in the Arab world.
Africa’s only serving female president so far the Mauritius' President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim is to resign once the country marks its 50th independence anniversary celebrations on 12 March.
The two political rivals in Kenya, President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition Nasa leader, Raila Odinga have held a rare meeting on Friday and resolved to let go their differences as they call for peace.
The former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has been warned by his successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa against having links with a new political party seeking to rival the ruling Zanu-PF.
