Head of French armed forces quits; six months of President Trump

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using "illegally exploited" minerals extracted from the country's embattled east in its products, lawyers representing the African country said Thursday.

Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is intensifying its price monitoring and surveillance exercise across the country in a bid to address irregularities in retail prices of goods and services. Adamu Abdullahi, the acting Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition Consumer Protection Commission, joins CNBC Africa for this discussion.

In the French overseas department of Mayotte, authorities have opened a second cholera unit. The number of confirmed cholera cases now stands at 26 since mid-March.