Egypt has hanged four men convicted by a military court of killing three military students in a bombing in 2014, security sources said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. It was learnt that this is the second reported multiple executions of convicted Islamist militants in a week.

The South African Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday commended President Muhammadu Buhari on the constitution of the governing board of the various federal government agencies and parastatals. In a statement issued by the Interim Chairman of the party, Mr. Abbey Oguntuase and made available to NAN, the group said the move was a step in the right direction.

South Africa’s Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that parliament had failed to hold President Jacob Zuma to account over a scandal related to state-funded upgrades to his home, and must launch proceedings that could remove him from office.

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Tunisia announced on Sunday the second increase in fuel prices in six months, raising the price of petrol by 2.85 percent as the government tries to rein in the budget deficit. The price of a litre of gasoline will rise from 1.75 dinars to 1.8 dinars from Monday, the ministry of energy, mines and renewable energy said in a statement.

Former world best footballer and Liberia's President-elect, George Weah has officially accepted his declaration as the winner of the recently concluded presidential election. In his acceptance speech on Sunday, Weah vowed to end corruption and transform the country. He said he would be picking his team in the coming days and warned that “Persons looking to cheat the Liberian people through the menace of corruption will have no place in my administration."

Gunmen Open Fire At Coptic Church Near Cairo, Kill Nine

Nine people have been killed after gunmen opened fire at a Coptic Christian church near the Egyptian capital of Cairo. One of the attackers was also killed by Egyptian security forces, said ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed.