The head of European Union’s election observer mission, Marietje Schaake, has stated that there are concerns over possible violence in Kenya’s presidential election next month.

Nigeria has successfully brokered peace between Morocco and Saharawi Democratic Republic (SDR) on the wordings of the report of the human Rights abuses between the two countries.

The Health Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo declared an end to the country’s Ebola outbreak. The two-month Ebola outbreak officially over on Saturday after 42 days without recording a new case of the disease. Four out of the eight infected died from the disease.

Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, has donated $1 million to the African Union (AU), hoping to set an example for African countries to finance AU programs and wean it off funding from outside donors.

South Africa's parliamentary speaker says politicians will vote on a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma on August 8. The vote on Zuma, who has faced calls for his resignation because of scandals and corruption concerns, previously had been scheduled for August 3.

The former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, has joined `The Elders,’ a group of independent global leaders founded by the late Nelson Mandela. Kofi Annan, Ban’s predecessor at the UN and chairman of the group, welcomed the former South Korean diplomat to the group on Friday in New York. The group brings together global leaders who no longer hold public office.