Some of Burundi’s Catholic bishops should be defrocked for denouncing intolerance and political violence ahead of next year's elections, the country’s authorities have said.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has rebuked Tanzania for failing to provide information about possible Ebola virus infections.

Nigeria's army has stopped the work of international NGO Action Against Hunger accusing it of supplying a militant Islamist group with food and drugs.

Nigerian police have arrested two suspects in connection with hotel serial killings in the southern city of Port Harcourt.