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Boko Haram has attacked a girls' school in the Yobe state of Nigeria with fears that several school girls might have been abducted as they are uncounted for.

During his 93rd birthday, the nation was forced to standstill and mark a lavish birthday party in his honour. Months after his exit from power, Robert Mugabe is celebrating his 94th birthday but without any lavish celebrations.

Officials in South African have said that five police officers and one off-duty soldier have been killed in an attack on a police station.

The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa has promised to heal the painful history of the country especially when it comes to the economic challenges and the country's land distribution policy which has left many black South Africans in poverty.

The two political activists in Kenya prevented from travelling abroad after the government said it has not been formally alerted by the court to reinstate their passports have now been allowed to travel.

More than 17 people are reported dead in Mozambique after a garbage collapsed on Monday following heavy rain.

The President of the Gambia Adama Barrow has announced a moratorium on death penalty as the country begins rebuilding its human rights records after the exit of longtime leader Yahya Jammeh.

Three suicide bombers detonated their explosives at a market in Nigeria killing at least 19 people in the north-eastern part of the country.

Zimbabwean anti-corruption investigators said on Friday they had arrested a university professor over the suspected fraudulent awarding of a doctorate to former first lady Grace Mugabe.

The United Kingdom has announced plans to deport at least 2,500 Zimbabweans living illegally in that country.