Ivory Coast’s deceased Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly was buried Friday in his hometown in Korogho, the main city in the north of the country.

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed a new head of the army to replace General John Numbi, state television said on Friday.

Gabon's President Ali Bongo has appointed Christiane Ossouka Raponda as prime minister, the first woman to become the head of government in the West African country.

A top Zimbabwean police officer and a chief public prosecutor have been arrested over bribery allegations in a $1m (£798,000) land sale scandal, a state-owned newspaper reports.

Doctors in Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos, have resumed work at various hospitals after suspending a three-day strike.

More than 200 would-be immigrants from about 70 countries who were winners in the United States government’s Diversity Visa lottery program and relatives in the U.S. have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the president’s recent executive order suspending immigration until next year.