Hurricane Matthew, which claimed a life on Monday has prompted many nations in the Caribbean to prepare for the worst.

The Ethiopian government has declared three days of national mourning following the deaths of at least 52 people in a stampede that occurred during a protest at a religious festival in the Oro-mia region on Sunday.

Colombians have rejected a peace deal to end 52 years of war with the Farc guerrillas, throwing the country into confusion about its future. Counting of votes from more than ninety polling stations was completed.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's electoral commission says it will seek to delay calling voters to the polls until late 2018.

A court in Cyprus has ordered the extradition of an Egyptian who hijacked an aircraft with a fake explosives belt in March.

Gabon's new Prime Minister Emmanuel Ngondet has pledged to unveil his "inclusive government" at the weekend while criticising defeated presidential candidate Jean Ping for refusing to concede defeat.

South Sudan's government has strongly condemned statements made by Riek Machar, who called for an armed opposition to the government this weekend. In a statement President Salva Kiir said that there was no place in South Sudanese politics for those who wish to take part through the barrel of the gun.

High schools have reopened this week across Borno region after they have been closed for more than two years.

Eight more bodies from the wreck of a boat carrying hundreds of migrants were recovered from Mediterranean waters off Egypt's coast on Tuesday, ambulance sources said, taking the death toll to 177.

Somalia has again postponed its elections citing security reasons.