Vote Counting has begun in Liberia as Voters headed to the polls to elect a new president in a runoff to to take over from former Nobel Laurette, Ellen Johnson - Sirleaf and South Sudan army and rebels clash days after a ceasefire agreement . 

The Ugandan Parliament passes a law which allows President Yoweri Museveni to seek re-election. In Liberia, the voter roll is cleaned and the National Election Commission says it is ready for the Boxing Day run-off election.

Is Isabelle Dos Santos' time up ? This  as Angola oil giant probes Igraft claims. Zimbabwe's first State visit is to South Africa - Mnangagwa to meet President Zuma later today.

Violence is tearing apart two of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic communities with more than 60 people killed. Cameroon separatists kill 4 gendarmes as Anglophone crisis worsens .

Zimbabwe’s military leader Constantino Chiwenga is set to retire, pending his supposed redeployment. Ebola survivors in Sierra Leone have sued the country’s government.

All eyes on Zimbabwe as New President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses his first Zanu-PF congress and members gather for their congress from today. U.S. suspends millions in aid to Somalia's military over corruption

Several people have been killed by state forces in the troubled Obama region in Ethiopia  

Burundi's president launched a campaign to support constitutional amendments that could extend his rule despite warnings by his opponents of more violence ahead.

Uganda: House committee approves controversial Age limit bill, Ivory Coast govt offering soldiers thousands to retire and  to reduce army size: documents