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.

The world is celebrating international wildlife day.

South African police set off stun grenades and launched tear gas to disperse university students who were protesting for free education in the city of Johannesburg on Wednesday.

United Nations member countries, especially superpowers should stop influencing the decisions of the United Nations Security Council if they are serious about the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs.

Police and demonstrators have clashed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the latest round of violence sparked by the ongoing political crisis. Opposition groups say more than 50 people died on Monday in clashes in the capital, Kinshasa. But the government puts the number of those killed to 17.

At least 29 people have been injured in an explosion in a crowded district of New York City. The explosion occurred on Saturday night outside a residence for visually impaired people on West 23rd Street.