Uganda’s Education minister Janet Kataha Museveni has announced that all schools are to close early by two weeks to curb the spread of Ebola. Twenty-three cases of the virus among children have been confirmed, and eight pupils have died.

At the COP27 environmental summit in Egypt, Namibia's President Hage Geingob shows his frustration with wealthy nations, accusing them of not being honest when talking about tackling climate change.

And we have reaction from Lagos, after a US court jails notorious Nigerian Instagram influencer Hushpuppi for more than 11 years for his role in an international fraud syndicate.