Ghana bids farewell today to Koffi Annan, as world leaders gather in Accra for his state funeral. The MDC is to hold a mock inauguration to name Nelson Chamisa as Zimbabwe’s “legitimate” president.

Ethipia and Eritrea’s leaders celebrate peace and the New Year at the border where the war raged. Tanzania President John Magufuli urges women to stop taking birth control pills.

DR Congo health officials say the latest ebola outbreak is under control. Anglophone Cameroon is hit by a dawn-to-dusk curfew following some attacks.

Angola’s governing party, the MPLA, changes leadership. Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa announces his Cabinet, leaving many surprised and upbeat about the selection of Ministers.

Ugandan lawmakers appeal the law allowing President Yoweri Museveni’s re-election bid. Rwanda’s ruling party sweeps parliament polls, according to provisional results.

In Libya, the United Nations says that warring parties have agreed to a ceasefire in Tripoli. In eastern DRC, thousands of children and their teachers are at risk of contracting the deadly ebola virus, as the new school year begins.

DR Congo’s top court excludes Jean-Pierre Bemba from the presidential election. Thousands of refugees arrive back in South Sudan as they pin their hopes on a new peace deal.

Another Boko Haram attack leads to the death of more than 40 people in northeast Nigeria. Eritrea announces it will cut the size of its army as part of changes to a system of mandatory national service which the United Nations blames for people fleeing to neighbouring countries and Europe.