Nigerian opposition Senators pushed for President Muhammadu Buhari to face impeachment, 10-months before the end of his second term in office, over the country's spreading security problems, the Senate minority leader said on Wednesday.

Scores of attackers were killed in Mali on Wednesday, after the country's military pushed back on three separate "terrorist attacks" on towns and military outposts that left at least a dozen Malian soldiers and three civilians dead, Mali's armed forces said Wednesday.

On August 9, Kenyans head to the polls and with soaring food and fuel prices, high unemployment and post-pandemic stagnation, a change in leadership could not come at a more critical time for East Africa's largest economy.

In Liberia, Libassa Wildlife Sanctuary is caring for pangolins, which are targeted for bushmeat and the illegal trade in their scales.

A 170-carat pink diamond discovered in Angola may be the largest such gemstone found in 300 years, according to Australian miner Lucapa Diamond Company.