Two more students were killed after being kidnapped with others last week by gunmen in northwest Nigeria, local authorities have said, bringing the death toll from the attack to six.

Egypt has toughened penalties for female genital mutilation, imposing prison terms of up to 20 years in a push to end the ancient practice.

Zimbabwe is selling rights to shoot up to 500 elephants this year to generate public revenue, the country's wildlife agency said Monday, weeks after the animals were listed as endangered.

Chad's new military rulers named a civilian politician, Albert Pahimi Padacke, as prime minister of a transitional government on Monday.

For years, Zimbabwean single mother Spiwe Tembo would sell buns on the streets of central Harare, earning enough to feed her three children. But her fortunes have dived.

At least 31 Nigerian soldiers were killed when IS-aligned jihadists ambushed a military convoy escorting weapons and overran a base in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, military sources told AFP on Monday.

Somali opposition fighters took up positions in parts of the tense capital on Monday, a day after clashes with government troops erupted over the president's bid to extend his mandate.

French engergy company Total confirmed on Monday that it has withdrawn all personnel from its northern Mozambique liquefied natural gas project's Afungi site.

Chad's new ruling junta said Sunday it would not negotiate with rebels in the north of the poor Sahel country and asked for help from neighbouring Niger to capture their leader.

Three United Nations peacekeepers were on Sunday seriously injured in a rocket attack on a military base in the north of the conflict-ridden Sahel state, UN and local officials said.

Algeria's defence ministry said it had broken up a cell of separatist militants accused of "planning attacks" against pro-democracy rallies in the North African nation.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has received a coronavirus vaccination under a nationwide vaccination drive, his office has said.

Rebels in northern Chad are ready to observe a ceasefire and to discuss a political settlement after the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby last week, a rebel spokesman has said.

Supporters of Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and those opposed to the extension of his four-year term have clashed on the streets of the capital, residents said.

A fire in a neonatal ward in the northern Senegalese town of Linguere has killed four babies, according to local and government officials in the West African state.

At least 11 civilians were killed when IS-aligned jihadists invaded a town in northeast Nigerian Yobe state, an official and residents told AFP on Saturday.

Prior to the freeze order, Isabel dos Santos was worth about $2.4 billion, making her the wealthiest woman in Africa, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

Armed men on Saturday killed three police officials and tried to set fire to the governor's residence in Nigeria's southeastern Imo state, a region where separatist tension is on the rise.

A Zimbabwean military helicopter crashed into a house outside the capital Harare, killing a child and all three crew members, the air force said.

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