A senior member of Kenya's electoral commission (IEBC) has resigned, saying the country is unable to hold credible elections next week.

Roselyn Akombe said the IEBC was under political "siege", unable to reach consensus or take any decisions.

A runoff vote for the presidency of Liberia will be held between former footballer George Weah and incumbent Vice President Joseph Boakai, the electoral commission said Sunday. With tallies in from 95.6% of polling stations, Weah took 39% of the votes and Boakai 29.1%, both well short of the 50% barrier required to win outright from the first round of voting held on Tuesday.

Somalia: At Least 85 Dead In Mogadishu Blasts

A massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu has killed at least 85 people, officials say.

Violence broke out in Togo’s second city, Sokode, after the arrest of an imam close to the country’s main opposition, fuelling tensions after weeks of anti-government protests.

Kenyan police killed at least 30 people in the capital, Nairobi, after the opposition protested against the disputed presidential election in August, two leading human rights organisations have said.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Honourable Abike Dabiri-Erewa has condemned in the latest extrajudicial killing of another Nigerian, Ibrahim Olamilekan Badmus, allegedly by South African Police.