In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a second Ebola treatment centre has opened in North Kivu, one of the three provinces affected by the outbreak.
Authorities say the move is intended to improve access to specialised care and ease pressure on health facilities. The country is facing a new outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain, which continues to worry experts and local communities.
In Tanzania, security forces have deployed a large operation ahead of popular demonstrations planned for Tuesday to mark Saba Saba Day. The public holiday commemorates both the pro-democracy riots of July 7, 1990, and the founding of the Tanganyika African National Union, or TANU, by former president Julius Nyerere in 1954.
The expanded Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC+, is expected to increase its production quotas again from next month. The group plans to raise output by more than 188,000 barrels per day, against a backdrop of a gradual recovery in traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and a fall in crude prices. In recent months, the war in Iran has severely disrupted and reduced exports from Gulf countries.
In Nigeria, at least nine farmers have been killed by armed men during a raid on a village in Kaduna State. During the attack, the assailants also kidnapped several other farmers, according to a security source in the north-west of the country. The attacks come just weeks after the start of the rainy season, when insecurity tends to intensify.
