Angela Merkel confirms this is her final term as German chancellor+++ Brexit and the rush to buy real estate in France+++ Moscow wants to roll out face recognition technology to make the city safer.

Nigeria's Maiduguri city reels from another jihadist attack +++ Internet freedom on the decline globally +++ Helping unemployed South African youth to acquire jobs

South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar returns to Juba +++ Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed addresses thousands of Ethiopians in Germany +++ China threatens to stop Kenya railway construction over fish import ban

Germany seeks closer economic ties with Africa +++ Nigerian police open fire on Shiite Muslim protesters +++ Uganda empowers refugees with job skills

Africa's governance improves but security remains a challenge: Mo Ibrahim Index +++ Zimbabwe's President Emerson Mnangagwa says he is working to improve economy +++ South Sudan on right track in improving maternal health

Concerns over more than 300 children formely with Boko Haram +++ EU optimistic on Zimbabwe's youth to change future of country +++ Rwanda counts losses after heavy rains

South Sudan releases war prisoners +++ Ethiopia elects first female president +++ Zimbabwe's stock market soars despite economic woes

Nigeria passes new electoral bill +++ Human Rights Watch says civilians killed by soldiers in South Sudan +++ Turning human waste into energy in Uganda

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader calls for a dialogue to resolve the worsening economic and political crisis+++A new report by Amnesty International says Fifty-two people died in pre-trial detention in Madagascar last year+++Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives the naked truth details about Khashogi's murder.

Cameroon's Paul Biya is re-elected +++ Curfew imposed in Kaduna states after clashes left more than 55 people dead +++ Ghana opens data center "to monitor cellphone companies"