Rex Tillerson, U.S. Secretary of State is expected to visit Nigeria and four other African countries between March 6 and 13, the U.S. Department of State has said. Spokesperson for the Department, Ms Heather Nauert said Tillerson would also travel to Addis Ababa, Djibouti, Nairobi and N’Djamena.

As many as 300 teachers have been detained in Cameroon for the last two days after protesting about their pay and conditions and what they termed the lack of regard for their status as teachers, a grievance dating back 20 years.

A Zambian lawmaker has been sentenced to death by hanging after a court found him guilty of shooting dead a security guard.

Keith Mukata, a member of the opposition United Party for National Development, was found guilty of first degree murder by the Lusaka High Court.

Presiding judge Susan Wanjelani sentenced Mukata to death by hanging, but acquitted his girlfriend and co-accused Charmaine Musonda.

Zimbabwe's president says a "long list" of loot has been returned to Zimbabwe, reports the government-controlled Herald newspaper.

In November, the Zimbabwe Defence Forces gave a three-month deadline for people to return funds.

The deadline passed yesterday.

Liberia has given a leading foreign investment firm 72 hours to pay a $25,000 fine for hiking the price of chicken eggs.

According Liberia's Daily Observer newspaper, Fouani Brothers Corporation raised the prices of eggs from $35.89 per carton of 360 eggs to $70 per carton.

Rwanda has closed down about 700 churches for failing to comply with building regulations and for noise pollution.

Most of the affected churches are small Pentecostal churches. One mosque was also closed.

A government official told the BBC that some of the more than 700 buildings shut down have already reopened after they were approved by inspectors.