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The Police in Rwanda have arrested six church leaders for attempting to defy a government order that requires churches to comply with building regulations and noise pollution.

On Wednesday the people of Sierra Leone will vote to choose a new leader who will be a successor to President Ernest Bai Koroma.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump has defended his decision to extend "sanctions against Zimbabwe for another year" reportedly claiming that the new government under President Emmerson Mnangagwa "remained a threat to Washington's foreign policy". 

More than 40 people are reported dead in ethnic clashes in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province.

Boko Haram militants have confirmed that the over 100 school girls from Yobe state abducted last week are safe and would not be harmed in anyway.

Ghana's government has announced major measures to deal with the surge in armed robbery cases which have created fear among citizens.

Gunfire and an explosion have erupted in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou with witnesses saying they have seen armed men opening fire near the army headquarters and the French embassy.

Four aid workers were killed in a Boko Haram attack in Rann, in northeast Nigeria, the UN said on Friday, in the latest violence to hit the remote town.

Public University lecturers in Kenya on Thursday re-activated a nationwide strike nearly three months after ending a similar protest over low pay.

A campaign has been launched in Ghana to end sex abuse in schools after series of media reports over the past six months detailing horrific experiences of students who are harassed and molested sexually by their teachers.