An official with Egypt’s Tourism Ministry has expressed concern over the recent outflow of tourists from the country following the crash of a Russian airliner in the Sinai Peninsula, and its potential economic impacts.

At least twelve people, among them civilians, have lost their lives and 20 others sustained injuries in a car bomb explosion that targeted security personnel in Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula.

At least 41 people have been killed in an incident during which a Russian-built cargo plane crash-landed shortly after takeoff in South Sudan.

South Sudan's army and rebels have agreed to deploy joint military units in the capital, Juba, as tensions continue in the poverty-stricken country.

Libya’s former dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saadi, has appeared in a Tripoli court on charges of murder over repression of protesters during the North African country’s 2011 revolution.

Fourteen people working for a national aid agency have been kidnapped in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Rebels in South Sudan have released 13 United Nations contractors after nearly a week of captivity, the UN says.

Twelve people have been killed and scores of others injured in two powerful car bomb blasts that ripped through the embattled Somali capital city of Mogadishu.

The Somali president has called on al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabab militants to lay down arms and choose the “path to peace,” warning the Takfiri group against pledging allegiance to Daesh terrorists.

The voter turnout for the first round runoffs in Egypt's parliamentary election has been as low as 21.7 percent, the country's election authority says.

A Russian passenger aircraft has crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, the office of Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has confirmed.

Chadema opposition party supporters were out in full force under the blazing heat on the last campaign day before voters go to the polls on Sunday in what has been termed as the tightest presidential race in Tanzania's history.

Two men have died in custody recently in Tunis under suspicious circumstances in separate incidents. Relatives of both men provided photographs showing marks and bruises on their faces and bodies, and said that authorities had failed to inform them promptly about the deaths.

Côte d'Ivoire's incumbent president Alassane Ouattara is favourite to win a second term in a vote on Sunday.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, escaped death by whiskers yesterday, while travelling on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

Uganda will use part of the $54 million concessional loan it received from the World Bank to start registering customary land owners.

Polls have opened as Ivorians vote in a presidential election many believe will probably see incumbent Alassane Ouattara's term renewed.

Polls have opened in Congo-Brazzaville in a referendum on constitutional changes that would allow President Denis Sassou Nguesso to stand for a third term.

Police in Congo Republic have shot dead three protesters during a demonstration against a constitutional referendum that could open the door for the long-time president to a new term in office.

The UN Security Council has threatened to impose a fresh round of sanctions to contain a recent wave of violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) that has claimed the lives of over 60 people.