Johnson & Johnson said on Monday its Ebola vaccine regimen demonstrated antibody immune responses in adults and children, citing data published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases journal.

Floods following heavy rain in Sudan have killed more than 80 people and damaged or destroyed tens of thousands of homes, an official said Monday.

Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has received his first dose of the Moderna vaccine.

Increasing numbers of children are being killed or targeted for recruitment by armed groups in conflicts raging at Niger's borders with Mali and Burkina Faso, Amnesty International said in a report published on Monday.

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A Tunisian man suffered died in hospital on Saturday after setting himself on fire, witnesses and medics said, days after another burned himself alive to protest living conditions.

Suspected jihadists killed at least three gendarmes in eastern Burkina Faso on Sunday and several more officers are missing, security sources and local officials said.

The country is experiencing a power shortfall due to generation constraints at the thermal power station Hwange, which is almost 40 years old.

An Algerian journalist and rights activist was taken into custody on Sunday facing a charge of "glorifying terrorism", one of his lawyers said.

On Monday, the BBC reported that it found evidence to suggest British American Tobacco sabotaged competitors in South Africa and in Zimbabwe, and paid a bribe to the late former president Robert Mugabe.

Tunisian President Kais Saied has announced plans to amend the constitution and form a new government months after he dismissed the prime minister and suspended parliament in moves his critics called a coup.

A leading figure in Guinea's opposition has urged regional bloc ECOWAS not to impose economic sanctions on Guinea's new military regime.

Relatives of jailed Tunisian MP Yassine Ayari who is suffering from an ulcer voiced concern about his health, four days after he began a hunger strike.

Hundreds of opposition supporters marched in the Angolan capital Luanda to protest against poll law amendments they say will undermine general elections next year.

Nigeria's central bank says it's investigating the foreign-exchange transactions of lenders operating in the country.

A Zimbabwean magistrate ruled that Robert Mugabe's remains should be exhumed and reburied at the national heroes' shrine in the capital city, rekindling a row over the late former leader's resting place.

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has said his new government would implement policies to reduce the fiscal deficit, restore economic growth and review mining policies.

Guinea's military junta, which seized power has said that it has ordered the central bank and other banks to freeze all government accounts.

The proliferation of Covid-19 variants in Africa, partly attributed to the low rates of vaccination, could lead to vaccine-evading mutations that complicate attempts to end the pandemic, a group of 112 African and 25 international organizations said.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sept 9 - Nigerian troops have seized 14 tonnes of fertiliser that the insurgent Islamist group Boko Haram had planned to turn into roadside bombs, the army said on Thursday.