Total rainfall roughly reached three times the average precipitation for the entire month of September.

Five London-based British nationals have been arrested near RAF Fairford, as counter-terror police investigate a suspected plot at the US-used base.

US president announces rejection of proposed roadmap but leaves door open to diplomacy, signalling that further talks with Tehran could take place later this week.

An African Union committee called for a “feasible, consensual and time-bound electoral roadmap” ahead of voting due in December.

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri’s Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) won last week’s parliamentary elections and will have to form a coalition with other parties.

Aliko Dangote says a new oil refinery being launched on the Kenyan coast is part of efforts to stop Africa from exporting raw materials and start selling finished products.