Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe yesterday celebrated his 91st birthday with a lavish bash attended by thousands of ruling party faithful.

Amnesty International yesterday urged the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to give up their power of veto in cases where atrocities are being committed.

Liberia reopened its land border crossings shut down during the Ebola outbreak, a positive sign in a nation that was the epicenter of the deadly virus.

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Nigeria's elections will not be postponed past March 28, National Security Advisor Sambo Dasuki told AFP in an interview yesterday, saying that Boko Haram fighters who forced the delay would be defeated within the coming six weeks.

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