#Nigeria : United Nations and European Union call for shift from humanitarian crisis management to long-term community-owned development for 3.5 million displaced #Nigerians.

Donors have pledged $910 million, including $80 million from African Union member states, to support the Ebola response in Congo and Uganda, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement on Thursday.

The U.S. State Department announced visa restrictions targeting people it said were undermining peace in Ethiopia on Thursday, focused on hardliners in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and their immediate family members.

Emmerson Mnangagwa's political skills may have earned him the nickname "The Crocodile", but it still took half a century of working under Robert Mugabe before he got the chance to take Zimbabwe's top job.

#Portugal was shocked moments before the half-time whistle when Newcastle forward Yoane Wissa headed home to level the score for DR Congo at the World Cup. It's 1-1 at halftime.

#AmaZulu royal family accuses IFP of ‘capturing’ Zulu monarchy ahead of November polls

#Nigerian court orders electoral body to deregister main opposition party, four others

#African Democratic Congress, one of #Nigeria’s major opposition parties, has selected former Transport Minister Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as the running mate to its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar

The number of confirmed #Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo has increased to 782 after 72 new cases were documented in 24 hours, one of the biggest single-day jumps during the ongoing outbreak, government data showed on Sunday.

#Kenya : Kang'ata crosses the floor in Thika, joins Linda Mwananchi in bashing President #Ruto