Frank Butler

State-run hospitals in Ghana are not admitting new patients and only treating emergencies in a strike by doctors that has run for the last three weeks.

British troops are on their way to Gabon on the west coast of Africa to tackle an increase in ivory poaching.

Gunmen shoot dead a reporter in South Sudan days after President Salva Kiir made threatening remarks about reporters "working against the country".

The Tanzanian government bans up to 70 employment bureaus on allegations that they are involved in human trafficking.

Controversial Kenyan televangelist James Ng'ang'a denies charges of causing death by dangerous driving and an alleged cover-up of his involvement.

A state security building in Cairo is hit by a car bomb, injuring dozens of people in an attack claimed by Islamic State.

UK Home Secretary Theresa May arrives in Calais where she is to sign a deal with the French government to tackle the migrant crisis.

Renowned Senegalese drummer Doudou Ndiaye Rose, declared a "living human treasure" by the UN, has died, his family announces.

South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu is to spend the next two weeks in hospital, according to a family statement.

Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza is being sworn in as president for a controversial third term, despite months of protests.