The US has removed Nigeria from its list of countries with religious freedom concerns, just a day before Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in the country.

Senegalese police arrested an opposition leader for a second time, his lawyer said, a week after he was detained following clashes between his supporters and police.

Gambian President Adama Barrow has threatened an opponent in next month's election with legal action for playing audio recordings of exiled former leader Yahya Jammeh at a campaign event.

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Mobile phone lines inside Sudan have been cut as protesters gathered across the capital Khartoum and other cities for demonstrations against a military takeover.

Armed police and soldiers patrolled the Ugandan capital as security was stepped up following twin suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State.

At least 1 000 people, mostly ethnic Tigrayans, have been detained in cities across Ethiopia since a state of emergency was declared, the UN has said.

Eleven civilians have been killed in north western Central African Republic during fighting between rebels and soldiers.

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Burkina Faso's capital demanding President Roch Kabore resign for failing to rein in militants who roam the north and east.

Two pro-democracy lawmakers went on trial on "terrorism" and murder charges in Eswatini, in the absolute monarchy's latest move to quash dissent.

War-scarred Libya's eastern military chief Khalifa Haftar has registered to run for president in a 24 December election also contested by a son of former dictator Moamer Kadhafi.

A preliminary report by a commission probing the deaths of Nigerian protesters last year has found the army shot and "killed unarmed" demonstrators.

Two explosions hit Uganda's capital Kampala on Tuesday, injuring a number of people in what police termed an attack on the city, the latest in a string of blasts targeting the country.

Half of the World Food Program drivers who were arrested last week in Ethiopia's conflict-torn north have been released, a UN spokesperson has said.

The 'Meet and Greet the President' fundraising dinner at Mulungushi International Conference Centre on Saturday night was hosted by the United Party for National Development.

A vigilante group killed at least five people in an apparent reprisal attack in the volatile east of the DR Congo overnight, a military spokesman said.

Elders from several cities have called for a boycott of presidential elections and protesters shut voting stations in western Libya after former dictator Moamer Kadhafi's son registered to run.

Kenyan police say that three terrorists escaped from the country's highest security prison, including a "dangerous" inmate serving 41 years over an attack that killed 148 people.

Four Kenyan policemen have been found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Alexander Monson.

General Labour Union says Tunisia’s suspended parliament should not be reinstated, calls for new legislative elections.