Bouteflika drops bid

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika drops bid for fifth term.

More Boeing flights halted

More countries suspend commercial operation of the Boeing 737 Max 8 following the Sunday crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 that claimed 157 lives.

UN meets in Nairobi

The UN Environment Assembly continues in Nairobi, Kenya, with more than 4,700 delegates expected.

Ramaphosa visits Zimbabwe

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visits Zimbabwe after Harare appealed for financial bailout.

Macron tours Africa

French President Emmanuel Macron tours Africa nations, with stops in Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya.

Cameroon House re-opens

Cameroon’s Senate and the National Assembly re-open for the first ordinary session of the 2019 legislative year.

Couple in jail

The wife of detained Cameroon ex-Defence minister Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo'o, Mrs Bernadette Mebe Ngo’o, sent to the same Kondengui Maximum Security Prison in Yaoundé, raising the number of those confined in connection to an alleged corruption charge to five.

Guinea-Bissau counts votes

Guinea-Bissau counts votes after a parliament election with the hope of ending a protracted leadership deadlock in a country that has become renowned for drug trafficking and instability.

Nigeria poll results

Vote count continues in Nigeria following the polls in 29 of the country's 36 states to elect state and local representatives, two weeks after the presidential poll.