A military court in Togo sentences the nation’s former chief of general staff to 20 years in prison for the murder of Colonel Madjouba.
The deteriorating security situation in Mali’s Gao region results in the death of one journalist and the abduction of two others by suspected jihadists.
A high Court in Nigeria’s capital frees former governor of the Apex Bank, Godwin Emiefe after months of detention.
Ghana’s Energy Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh justifies the spillage of the Akosombo Dam that displaced 26,000 people.