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One of Burundi's vice-presidents has fled saying that he could not support the third-term bid of President Pierre Nkurunziza.

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) Summer days: They're what childhood memories are made of, glorious afternoons of unchecked freedom to frolic with friends in the sun, unshackled from the earthly obligations of a math class that never seemed further away.

LAGOS— Dare-devil armed robbers, in commando-style yesterday, held residents of Ipakodo area of Ikorodu in Lagos hostage for about two hours as they robbed two major banks in the area. The scene of the robbery operation was just a stone throw to Ipakodo Divisional Police station. The policemen, who engaged the armed robbers, were, however, overwhelmed.

A car bomb targeting a bulletproof vehicle containing foreigners has killed at least 10 people and wounded four others in the Somali capital, Al Jazeera has learned.

Two new cases of Ebola have been recorded in the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, weeks after the city was thought to be free of the disease.

A young female bomber, thought to be about 12 years old, killed at least 10 people in an attack in a market in northeast Nigeria, witnesses say, in the second such attack in 24 hours.

Rebels in Mali have signed a peace deal with the government, offering partial autonomy to the north of the country.

The Somali jihadist group al-Shabab has carried out an attack in the country's capital Mogadishu.

An attack by suspected Islamist Boko Haram fighters in Niger has killed at least 38 people, officials say.

An Egyptian court has upheld the death sentence imposed on ousted ex-President Mohammed Morsi over a mass jailbreak.

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes, has left South Africa, pre-empting a court ruling over an international warrant for his arrest.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has called on South Africa to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who is in the country for an African Union (AU) summit.

Thirty-one new cases of Ebola have been reported in a growing geographic area in Guinea and Sierra Leone, according to the World Health Organization said.

Zimbabwe is phasing out its local currency, the central bank says, formalising a multi-currency system introduced during hyper-inflation.

Vice-president Kwesi Amissah-Arthur and the South African President, Mr Jacob Zuma have jointly condemned African leaders who violate their constitution by extending their term limits.

African leaders have agreed to create the continent's largest free-trade zone, covering 26 countries in an area from Cape Town to Cairo.

A suicide bomber has been killed in an attack targeting the ancient Karnak temple in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, officials have said, the second attack in just over one week targeting Egypt's vital tourism industry.

A Nigerian court on Tuesday formally struck out a case against a 15-year-old girl accused of killing her 35-year-old husband with rat poison.