Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has left the country, according to local TV channel, Tolo News.

The newly appointed Force Commander, Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Major General Abdul-Khalifah Ibrahim, has on taken over the command of the force from erstwhile commander, Major General Jeleel Ogunladel.

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, has said that the Ministry of Health of Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday confirmed the country’s first Ebola case since 1994.

Australia’s government has set aside 378.6 million Australian dollars (280 million U.S. dollars) in reparations for members of the country’s Stolen Generation.

The U.S. Embassy in Kabul said on Sunday that the security situation at the airport in the Afghan capital was changing quickly, and that there were reports of gunfire as U.S. troops aided the evacuation of U.S. personnel.

The Pan-African Agency of Great Green Wall (PGGW) on Wednesday said that President Muhammadu Buhari's take-over of the leadership of the Council of the PGGW would facilitate easier access to about $5 billion dollars in grants and $14 billion dollars loans to member countries.

German and British law enforcement on Wednesday reported that an employee of the British embassy in Berlin was arrested for allegedly providing documents to Russian intelligence in exchange for money.

A court has revoked Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s Ecuadorian citizenship.