Ethiopians took to the polls in what is seen as PM Abiy Ahmed's biggest electoral test since taking power in 2018.
There are chronic shortages in some nations where Covid infections are surging, a key official says.
The UN says 350,000 people are living in famine conditions after eight months of war in the region.
The Gambia's national football squad boycotts a meeting with the country's President Adama Barrow in a row over bonuses.
The Ethiopian prime minister casts his vote in a key election for the country amid rising tensions.
For the first time in more than 50 years there be a significant majority of African coaches at January's Africa Cup of Nations finals.
Uganda is one of several African countries seeing a dramatic rise in the number of infections amid a vaccine shortage.
Abiy Ahmed is hoping to secure a popular mandate, but polls are not being held in war-torn Tigray.
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