In Nigeria, an unspecified number of people have been killed and hundreds of houses burnt down in the Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi state. The attack on Sunday has heightened security concerns in the state which has witnessed similar incidents in the past. In Kenya, protests which have been ongoing in the country have been called off. They were due to continue today, but Opposition leader Raila Odinga called them off after being approached by President William Ruto. Sierra Leone general elections are just over two months away and the political barometre is heating up. In the latest flare up, the motorcade of the presidential hopeful for the main opposition APC had a bruising encounter with the police on a main highway leading to Freetown. A Kenyan startup - Kubik - has been awarded Startup of the Year in a global competition which spans 120 countries. They remove plastic from the environment and use that to create building materials for housing.