Nigeria's ministry of budget and National planning has made public the much anticipated economic recovery and growth plan. Kayode Akindele, Partner, TIA Capital joins CNBC Africa to for more.

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Somalia's new president, has been sworn in under tight security at a ceremony in the capital, Mogadishu.

Turkey is stepping up its involvement in Syria's war. As Turkish-backed forces secure control of Al-Bab, the president has said for the first time that he intends to press on towards ISIL's self-declared capital in Syria, Raqqa.

More than two dozen Nobel Peace prize winners, from Lech Walesa to Rigoberta Manchu, are in Colombia’s capital Bogota for the 16th annual World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates.

Tanzania’s government has started relocating its capital from the port city of Dar es Salaam to Dodoma.