The governor of Nigeria's Lagos State has pledged to take action against a notorious police unit which has been widely accused of committing human rights abuses.
In Ethiopia an annual thanksgiving festival observed by the country's largest ethnic group, the Oromo, has been held amid tight security due to fears of political unrest.
Two people have been killed and several injured in clashes between supporters of Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta and those backing his deputy, William Ruto.
Ethiopian gold exports surged after the central bank offered higher prices for the metal in a bid to curb smuggling and as part of wider efforts to spur investment in mining.
The president of the Union for Progress and Change (UPC), Burkina Faso's main opposition party, Zephirin Diabré, and former Prime Minister Isaac Zida, filed their candidacies for the November 22 presidential election with the National Electoral Commission (Ceni) on Friday.
A spate of cases in which people have been rescued after being locked up for many years by their families has shocked Nigerians, and shone a spotlight on both parental neglect and the lack of mental health provision.
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed all form two students of Junior and Senior High Schools to return to school on Monday, 5th October 2020.
