US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken cites UN experts certain that his hoost Rwandan President Paul Kagame is supporting Tutsi rebels in the Congo.
Elections in Senegal - where the ruling coalition has lost its majority for the first time since independence in 1960 - and Kenya where a low turnout has produced a tight race.
World Health Organisation finds the health life expectancy in Africa has improved by ten years over the first two decades of this century.