As a gateway to Europe, Morocco has long been a stop over for refugees from Africa but now the situation has changed. It has become home to many refugees.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is heading to Africa to increase Berlin's traditionally limited influence on the continent.

Nearly 900 people are known to have been killed by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti, with aid officials saying up to 90% of some areas destroyed. This is considered the worst humanitarian crisis in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake.

Mining stakeholders in Zimbabwe are calling for the promotion of precious metals to unlock investment in the sector. The Southern Africa nation is facing cash shortages and the unemployment rate is above 80%.

German Ambassador to Namibia Christian Schlage noted that the 26 years since Germany's reunification and Namibia's independence in March 1990 are marked by ever-growing intensity of their bilateral relations, while the prospects for further improvement are promising.

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously nominated former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres to be the next Secretary-General. His appointment is for five years.

The international players need to reach a compromise on a solution to the Libyan crisis as they sat together Monday at a high-level meeting in Paris to discuss the peace process in the north African country, according to an Egyptian expert.

Protesters at Wits University in South Africa have attacked police vehicles with rocks as violence in nationwide demonstrations over high tuition fees escalate. Police fired stun grenades, rubber bullets and teargas at hundreds of students who marched through the university's campus in Johannesburg.

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.