The African Union (AU) will be launching the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), the first flagship project under its Agenda 2063, on January 28 in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, Businesslive, reports. The project aims to create a unified air transport market and the complete liberalisation of intra-Africa travel as a key component of its regional economic integration and development agenda.

African national Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa has told the BBC that President Jacob Zuma is feeling “anxious” and wants his exit from government to be handled “carefully”. South African President Jacob Zuma, faces possible prosecution for alleged graft, will be treated “without favour”, his likely successor has said.

Almost four years after she submitted it, the PhD thesis of Zimbabwe's former First Lady Grace Mugabe has been released for all to see.

The 226-page document, entitled The Changing Social Structures and Functions of the Family, was published on the University of Zimbabwe's website under Mrs Mugabe's maiden name.

The degree has been controversial ever since it was awarded just months after Mrs Mugabe enrolled at the university in 2014.

As heads of governments and heads of state head to Addis Ababa this weekend for the 30th session of the African Union Summit, discussions around the theme of corruption are taking center stage. The United Nations Economic Commission set the discussion rolling with a tweet saying ‘corruption has held Africa back for far too long and it’s time to nip it in the bud’. The commissioner also applauded the African Union for ‘choosing corruption as its 2018 battle cry’.

Liberia on Thursday imposed a one-year ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a highly contentious issue in the West African country, but campaigners said it may not be enforceable. The ban came into force after former leader Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf signed an executive order before stepping down.

The US army has said it is looking to authenticate videos circulating online purporting to show dead American soldiers in the aftermath of last year's attack in Niger, news site The Hill reports.

A statement from its African Command (USAFRICOM) said: “We are reviewing the post and determining the veracity of the tweet and the assertions that there is an associated video.”

It adds that the army would not comment further until after investigations are complete.