There is outrage in Tanzania after a middle-aged woman was found to have raped an eight-year-old boy and infected him with sexually transmitted diseases.

Nigeria’s new President, Bola Tinubu, has broken his silence on the issue of the ending of the fuel subsidy since making the announcement that it was “gone” when he was sworn in a fortnight ago.

Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian PM who bounced back from sex scandals and corruption allegations, has died aged 86.

A Russian citizen has been killed by a shark off the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada.

In Senegal, videos and testimonies are multiplying: men in civilian clothes got out of pick-ups, armed, and chased demonstrators during the unrest following the conviction of opponent Ousmane Sonko.

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has appointed new military and intelligence chiefs in a major reshuffle.