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.
Guinea's incumbent president Alpha Conde has been reelected for a controversial third term with 59.5 percent of the vote, the constitutional court announced on Saturday.
A rebel political party in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region is a "criminal clique" that has forced the federal government into military action, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Friday.
