Ethiopia's parliament on Thursday swore in the country's first female supreme court president, building on efforts by reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to achieve gender parity in government.
France has launched a nationwide investigation into abnormal rates of babies born with missing or malformed limbs in several regions, after 11 new cases were identified.
The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has extolled the value of a Building Code for Ghana, saying it will ensure that Government gets value for the money expended on infrastructure investments.
Tanzanian police have announced the creation of a surveillance squad whose job will be to monitor people on social media, identify those that are gay, and arrest them.