Recovery teams battled swampy terrain in Igbokoda on Tuesday as they searched for the wreckage and victims of a Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 that crashed a day earlier, killing all 25 people on board.
Around 250 orphaned and vulnerable children in eastern DRC received school supplies and Ebola protection support on Monday, as local group Samaritan Assistance for Vulnerable People (SAV) sought to help children affected by years of conflict.
Families were left stranded in Nigeria's Osun State after days of heavy rainfall triggered severe flooding, submerging residential areas and forcing residents to flee.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South African men to take a more active role in confronting gender-based violence, as the country grapples with a spate of killings, with 12 women slain in just two months.
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama said his government rejected a proposed US health compact "in record time", calling some of its conditions "humiliating" and raising concerns over medical data and Ghana's control over imported health products.
Ebola survivors were discharged from a treatment centre in Beni, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Saturday, offering a moment of hope as the country's deadly Bundibugyo virus outbreak continues to spread.
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama warned against a new scramble for Africa's resources at the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday, calling for critical minerals to be processed on the continent.
Thousands of supporters of President Felix Tshisekedi's Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) and allied parties rallied in Kinshasa on Tuesday to back a national dialogue and calls for constitutional change.
Tanzania's Vice-President Deogratius Ndejembi criticised states imposing unilateral sanctions on other countries, warning at the UN General Assembly that such measures undermine sovereignty and peaceful coexistence.
UK Border Force officers brought migrants ashore in Dover today after they were intercepted while crossing the English Channel in a small dinghy.
The migrants are seen disembarking one by one and walking towards a customs tent, where some queue outside under the supervision of Border Patrol personnel.
