Anti-government protests turn violent in the Democratic Republic of Congo +++ Mali unveils restored mosque partly destroyed by jihadists +++ A worm invasion in Ghana has destroyed farmlands leaving farmers devastated

UN human rights council wraps up South Sudan visit, says women suffer rape by men in uniform +++ HRW report accuses Kenya of coercing Somali refugees, slams UNICEF +++ Effects of Bayer's Monsanto takeover in Africa

Ghana's incumbent president John Mahama launches election manifesto +++ Suicide car bomber kills Somali general in capital Mogadishu +++ Zimbabwe police deny using live bullets on anti-Mugabe protestors

Ghana's incumbent president John Mahama launches his election manifesto +++ Suicide car bomber kills Somali general in capital +++ Zimbabwe police deny using bullets in anti-Mugabe protests

UN human rights council wraps up South Sudan visit, says women suffer rape by men in uniform +++ HRW report accuses Kenya of coercing Somali refugees, slams UNICEF +++ Effects of Bayer's Monsanto takeover in Africa

UN human rights council wraps up South Sudan visit, says women suffer rape by men in uniform +++ HRW report accuses Kenya of coercing Somali refugees, slams UNICEF +++ Effects of Bayer's Monsanto takeover in Africa

Nigeria airlines grounded by dire shortages of fuel and dollars +++ South Sudan shuts down popular newspaper +++ A human rights body in Kenya announces probe into secret killings

Nigeria airlines grounded by dire shortages of fuel and dollars +++ South Sudan shuts down popular newspaper +++ A human rights body in Kenya announces probe into secret killings

IGAD holds extra-ordinary summit in Somalia, for the first time in 30 years +++ South Africa denies entry to US anti-gay preacher, Steven Anderson +++ Eritrea turns to Germany for investment opportunities

Zambia’s Edgar Lungu's inauguration set for Tuesday+++South Africa's Zuma repays some state money in home improvement scandal+++Rwanda’s condom kiosks excite commercial sex workers.