A day after being declared Guinea's president for a controversial third term by the constitutional court, incumbent Alpha Conde staged an hour-long walkabout in Conakry on Sunday.
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has sacked his army chief, head of intelligence and foreign minister, as the military continues a five-day operation in the northern Tigray region with a new round of air raids.
Thousands of protesters in Senegal burned French flags and pictures of President Emmanuel Macron over his defence of the right to satirise religion and depict the prophet Mohammed in cartoons.
A total of 59 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections were reported in Nigeria in the last 24 hours, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
Egyptians were voting on Saturday in the second and final stage of a legislative election expected to produce a parliament dominated by loyalists of President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi.
Police in Ivory Coast have arrested opposition leader Pascal Affi N'Guessan and charged him with crimes including terrorism after he contested the landslide reelection of President Alassane Ouattara.
Danish shipping company Torm said one of its tankers was attacked by suspected pirates in the Gulf Of Guinea on Saturday, but the 20-strong crew was reported unharmed.
