Ivorian authorities on Monday announced the capture of a terrorist leader who led a deadly attack on a military post at Kafolo, on the northeastern border with Burkina Faso on June 11 following a large scale raid.

Shareholders of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have voted and re-appointed Prof. Benedict Oramah as President of the Pan-African multilateral financial institution for a second 5-year term.

Kossi Koudagba a player of ASC Kara, who has been the top scorer for two consecutive seasons in the Togolese topflight league has died of Malaria at the age of 25.

President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said that despite the challenging economic situation in 2019, Dangote Cement was able to sustain 54,000 jobs in four African countries, where the company has its operations. The countries are Nigeria, Ethiopia, Senegal and South Africa.

Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has initiated investigations into the demolition of a building at the Nigerian High Commission in the capital, Accra.

Somalia's ministry of foreign affairs office has told the BBC that they had no comment to make in response to US President Donald Trump's criticism of the country during a campaign rally on Saturday night.

The wife of the late Ethiopian army chief, who was shot dead a year ago today, has said she has failed in her efforts to meet Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in order to be updated on the state of the investigation into her husband's killing that shocked the country.

Spanish giants Atletico Madrid are reported to have accepted that Thomas Partey will leave the club at the end of the campaign.

There are now more than over 290,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic.