Human Rights Watch on Monday urged authorities in Cameroon to protect civilians caught up in a conflict pitting the central African country's army against separatists in the west, denouncing atrocities committed by both sides.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday ordered an easing of a six-week Covid-19 lockdown following a dramatic reduction in serious cases of the disease.

The bypass road had been due to open in September 2018, then in 2019.

Doctors in Nigeria's state-run hospitals on Monday began a strike over pay, insurance benefits and poor facilities, union leaders said, as the country faces a third wave of coronavirus.

Nigeria received four million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from the United States on Sunday as the West African nation steps up efforts to battle a third wave of infections.

Tunisia should swiftly return to its 'democratic path', a top White House official has told President Kais Saied, days after his shock power grab that included suspending parliament.

Rwanda's government has ordered the lifting of a lockdown on the capital Kigali and eight other districts even though Covid-19 cases are still on the rise.

Tunisia's president has promised he would not turn into a dictator and rejected accusations he had staged a coup, as two parliament members were arrested.

Kenya said Friday it is extending a nighttime curfew and banning public gatherings to slow the spread of Covid-19, warning that hospitals were becoming overwhelmed.

An Egyptian court has sentenced 24 Muslim Brotherhood members to death for the killing of police officers in two separate cases, a judicial source has said.

A fresh attack in western Niger near the border with volatile Mali has left 19 civilians dead, the government has announced.

The US Secretary of State has expressed concern about the political crisis in Tunisia after President Kais Saied suspended the parliament and dismissed the government.

By wearing a mask, getting her jab and even talking about Covid-19, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has shown a complete shift from her Covid-denialist predecessor.

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria took full responsibility for the mishap, while 10 athletes from five other countries have also been ruled out.

Rwanda has killed 14 insurgents in Mozambique in fighting, an army spokesperson has said, adding that a Rwandan soldier had sustained a minor injury.

The Tunisian presidency has fired the head of the national television channel after two guests were briefly banned from entering its studios to take part in a programme.

A former Glencore trader who left the Switzerland-based commodity giant in 2019, pleaded guilty in New York on Monday to corruption and money-laundering charges.

President Cyril Ramaphosa officially authorised the South African contingent, which will form part of the SADC's regional standby force.

Zimbabwe on Wednesday approved the US-made Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, the first Western-manufactured jab to be administered in the country amid a spiralling third wave of infections.

Tunisia's judiciary has opened an investigation into allegations political parties received foreign funding ahead of national elections held in 2019, the prosecutor's office told AFP on Wednesday.