Nigeria, Africa's biggest economy, entered recession for the second time in four years, after a contraction in its gross domestic product for a second consecutive quarter.

Benin Kingdom, located in what is now southern Nigeria, was one of the most highly developed states in Africa when it fell in 1897 following the destruction of its capital, Benin City, by the British.

Ethiopia’s army plans to surround the capital of Tigray with tanks and may attack the city with artillery to end a nearly three-week war, a military spokesman said, urging civilians to “save themselves”.

Uganda's opposition presidential candidate, Bobi Wine, was defiant Friday after being released on bail following violent clashes between security forces and his supporters that left at least 37 people dead, marking a violent start to the country's election season.

Polls opened in Burkina Faso on Sunday for a presidential election dominated by jihadist violence, which has cost over 2,000 lives this year and will prevent voting in hundreds of villages.

Ethiopia said on Saturday its forces seized another town in their advance on the capital of the northern Tigray region, Mekelle, and rebuffed an African Union push to mediate the conflict.

UN chief Antonio Guterres called Friday for the opening of humanitarian corridors to assist civilians caught in fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region, noting that authorities had so far rejected attempts at mediation.

In September when technology giant Apple released the new Apple Watch Series 6, it came with a special feature — a blood oxygen saturation monitor. The blood oxygen app that differentiates the new watch from the rest enables one to measure the oxygen level of their blood on-demand directly from their wrist, providing them with insights into their overall wellness, according to Apple.

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has called for CNN to be sanctioned for what he describes as reinforcement of “the disinformation that is going around” following CNN’s investigations which claimed that Nigerian protesters were shot at by security forces in Lagos in October.