Summary

  • Nigeria president plays down terror warnings by US

  • US orders diplomats to leave Nigerian capital for safety

  • 'Fake Mr Bean' delights Zimbabwe and Pakistan

  • New Lesotho PM promises radical reform at swearing-in

  • Trailblazing Egyptian author Bahaa Taher dies

  • Thousands flee Togo homes as Islamist threat spreads

  • Mnangagwa confirmed as Zanu-PF election candidate

  • Malawi arrests 33 people at anti-corruption protests

  • Aid ambulance driver killed in Ethiopia

  • WHO calls for 'urgent' Tigray access to save lives

  • Car scam by Zimbabwe officials irks president

  • Cut corruption to curb Ghana crisis - ex-president

  • UN votes for Western Sahara talks to resume

  • Fire consumes a section of Kenya's Mount Longonot