Ethiopia on Saturday vowed to investigate and take action against uniformed soldiers and others seen in a gruesome video burning a man alive in the country's northwest.

Former Zambian President Rupiah Banda, 85, died on Friday after a battle with colon cancer, his son told Reuters.

At least seven people died as Tropical Cyclone Gombe made early morning landfall in Mozambique on Friday packing wind speeds exceeding 200km/h that pummelled north and central areas of the country, President Filipe Nyusi said.

Nigeria's narcotics agency has seized three million capsules of opioids at the main seaport in the commercial city of Lagos, a spokesman said Friday.

The African Elephant Coalition has called for the closure of ivory markets in Japan, saying they contribute to poaching in Africa.

The trail of disaster included the destruction of houses and public infrastructure, such as fuel service stations, while trees were also uprooted.

At least 17 civilians have been killed in Sudan's Darfur region, officials has said in the latest violence between rival ethnic groups that has left dozens dead.

Elephants in Tanzania's famed Ngorongoro conservation area have killed a Maasai man who had gone there hunting for firewood, police said.

Governments are moving ahead with plans to open avenues for maize imports, in order to alleviate hunger.

The company had challenged the Nigerian Federal Inland Revenue Service over a tax claim after the FIRS accused it of skipping taxes.

Mali has said it would investigate the disappearance of several Mauritanians on its territory, which has caused a diplomatic row between the two West African countries.

A new research report into the conflict, which has battered Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province for over four years, suggests that military action alone won't bring peace to the region.

International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor says South Africa fully supports the idea of a single African currency.

Fuel shortages in Nigeria have caused domestic airlines to cancel some internal flights and delay others this week, two of the country's biggest carriers said.

Three soldiers from the Zimbabwe National Army have each been sentenced to 15 years behind bars after being convicted of armed robbery, theft and unlawful entry by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces General Court Martial.

The United Nations warned that it faces a crippling lack of funds to tackle Somalia's devastating drought, which has been "overshadowed" by other humanitarian crises including the war in Ukraine.

Militiamen have killed 18 civilians who had sought refuge in a church compound in eastern Congo, a witness and a local human rights groups said.

The release of Tanzanian opposition leader Freeman Mbowe last week raised hopes of an easing of political freedoms in the East African nation, but observers say much more is needed to turn the page on years of authoritarian rule.

About 250 youths from refugee communities in the oil- and gas-rich province of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, have graduated in various technical jobs. The region has been the scene of an Islamic insurgency.

A group of Nigerians have offered to fight in Ukraine after the country called on foreign volunteers to join their fight against the Russian invasion, but the Nigerian government is not amused.