Cameroon tables special status law on English-speaking regions+++Nigerians unhappy with fracas within President Buhari's inner circle+++Africans demand funding to address climate disasters at Madrid climate conference+++Rwanda drops tax on sanitary pads.

Nigerian Newspaper to start addressing President Buhari by his military title and call his government a regime+++More than 70 killed in attack on Niger military camp+++Gerson Liebl originary from Togo finds himself stateless after moving to Germany.

No 'dark Christmas': S African leader promises action over power cuts+++ECOWAS court throws out Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu case+++Cycling towards a green economy in Botswana

Nairobi governor denies graft charges +++ South Sudan's speaker resigns over corruption scandal +++ Nigeria intensifies fight against piracy +++ Psychiatrist condemns abuse of mental patients in Nigeria

France pledges support to Cameroon+++ Merkel makes first Auschwitz trip as chancellor +++ Three dead in building collapse in Kenyan capital.

Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission ends its first year of public hearings+++Nigeria's senate passes an increased budget for 2020+++A young Zambian entrepreneur turns a hobby into a movement that helps men keep long beards across the country.

Uganda's Museveni leads much-derided walk against graft+++Zambia's President Edgar Lungu stands by strict anti-homosexuality laws+++Kenya's struggle to stop fake medicines

Do LGBTs have a place in The Gambia?+++Enraged disabled Kenyans take on Mt Kilimanjaro+++Uganda effects ban on importation of used vehicles to protect environment

World leaders call for coordinated action on climate +++Outrage after Cameroon Airlines passenger jet shot at over Bamenda+++A terror plot foiled in S.Africa+++Sex ed goes public in S.Sudan+++The Ugandans who were evicted German coffee maker

The campaign to force Gambia's president, Adama Barrow, to step down gathers momentum +++ Sudan's old ruling party is dissolved +++ 5G technology set to come to Africa +++ South Africa's Eshowe community winning the fight against HIV/AIDS +++ Shoppers in Ghana enjoy 'Black Friday' sales