Funeral rites commence for late Ivorian PM Hamed Bakayoko in Abidjan

A ceremony has been held in Abidjan as the body of prime minister Hamed Bakayoko arrives on a plane from Germany.
UNSC wants all foreign forces out 'without further delay'
UN urges withdrawal of foreign forces, mercenaries from Libya
The United Nations Security Council has called for the withdrawal of all foreign forces and mercenaries from Libya “without further delay” in a unanimously approved declaration.
Gunmen abducted 39 students from their hostels in northwestern Kaduna state
Buhari warns bandits as Nigeria steps up hunt for abducted students
Nigerian security forces stepped up efforts Saturday to rescue dozens of abducted college students, police and officials said, as the media ran videos they said showed hostages pleading for help.
File photo: Members of the police, army and air force are now searching for the missing students
Nigeria: 30 pupils missing in latest attack on a school
The Kaduna State Commissioner for International Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said in a statement that the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization was attacked on Thursday night.
The blast destroyed buildings and houses in surrounding districts.
Funeral held for victims of Equatorial Guinea explosions
Equatorial Guinea on Friday held a funeral ceremony for those who perished in the explosions at a military camp at the country’s economic hub of Bata on March 7th.
Smugglers often pack desperate families into ill-equipped rubber boats
Libyan military rescues over 100 migrants from traffickers
Security forces in Libya have freed 120 people believed to be migrants who were held captive and tortured by human traffickers in the northwestern town of Bani Walid, the army said.
President John Magufuli
Magufuli in good health in Tanzania - Diplomat dismisses absence rumours
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli is in good health and working normally, one of his diplomats has told a broadcaster in Namibia, countering reports he had been flown to hospital in Kenya and then India in a critical condition with COVID-19.