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Zimbabwe has launched its own money for the first time since the country's dollar was abandoned seven years ago amid rampant inflation.

Police in western Uganda have arrested the king of Rwenzururu over clashes between police and militia which killed at least 55 people, officials say.

Kenya's top political TV show hosted by former CNN journalist Jeff Koinange has been dropped after a male guest made a rape remark about a female guest.

South Africa's government is investigating a pastor pictured spraying members of his congregation with pesticide. In a Facebook post, self-proclaimed prophet Lethebo Rabalago claims a repellent called Doom can heal people.

Ballot boxes have been burned in Mali's Timbuktu city and one candidate was kidnapped elsewhere during the first local elections since al-Qaeda-aligned fighters were driven out from several northern towns in 2013.

Days of deadly tribal clashes have erupted in southern Libya after a pet monkey attacked a high school girl.

The Catholic Church in Rwanda has apologised for its role in the 1994 genocide, saying it regrets the actions of those who participated in the massacres.

For the first time, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, 91, has said he will retire. He did not put a time line on when he would go, but he said Zimbabwe was in a (financial) crisis and that he would retire, but would do it “properly”.

Three gunmen, yesterday, abducted former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bagudu Hirse. The incident, it was gathered, happened in front of the residence of President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, Alhaji Mamman Daura, on Inuwa Wada Road, Kaduna.

Nigeria's government has failed to pay the country's ex-leaders their monthly salaries and allowances since January because of a cash crisis, government secretary Babachir Lawal has said. 

Joseph Kabila, the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has appointed opposition politician Samy Badibanga as prime minister, under a controversial power-sharing deal that effectively extends his term in office.

At least 73 people have been killed and 110 injured in a fuel tanker explosion in western Mozambique, officials say.

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe wants to return to the United States’ diplomatic fold after years of tense relations and his administration is confident that president-elect Donald Trump will welcome him back.

Egypt's Court of Cassation has overturned a death sentence against the country's deposed president Mohamed Morsi and ordered a retrial, according to reports.

A man born in a refugee camp in Kenya has defeated a Somali minister to become a member of parliament.

A prediction by influential Nigerian TV evangelist TB Joshua that Hillary Clinton would win the US presidential election has been removed from the his Facebook account.

Electoral officials in Ivory Coast say the yes campaign has won Sunday's referendum on a new constitution, with 93.42% of the votes. 

The long threatened abandonment of the ICC by Africa is underway. Burundi, South Africa and Gambia have announced that they are leaving, with more departures expected.

According to African leaders, the court has unfairly targeted African leaders and has not shown respect for the dignity of African leaders.