Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces agree permanent ceasefire

Following days of peace talks in South Africa, the government of Ethiopia and Tigrayan forces have signed a cessation of hostilities agreement after almost two years of civil war.

Kenya has deployed the first contingent of a regional peacekeeping force to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

BBC’s Alfred Lasteck shares the latest on the ongoing fires burning on Africa’s tallest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro.

And we hear about an historic ‘benefit-sharing agreement’ that will see South Africa’s tea industry share profits with indigenous communities who hold traditional knowledge on rooibos.

(Photo: African Union Horn of Africa envoy and former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo speaks at a press conference. Credit: Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images).