The global environmental conference COP27 has opened in Egypt and discussions on setting up mechanisms to compensate for loss and damage in the countries that are affected the most by the consequences of climate change, will be high on the agenda.

The Ethiopian army chief and the commander of the rebel Tigray's People Liberation Front have met face to face in the Kenyan capital Nairobi for talks on how to implement the truce that was agreed in South Africa.

And two Nigerian TikTok stars have been fined, whipped and will be made to clean the court’s premises for a month, after they were found guilty of defaming the Kano state governor in a comedy video.