Hundreds of Tunisians have held a demonstration in protest against a controversial draft law that offers amnesty for corruption offences committed during the rule of ousted dictator, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Press TV reports.

An extraordinary summit bringing together heads of state and government of West African nations has kicked off in the Senegalese capital of Dakar.

Egypt’s army says it has killed nearly 300 militants since the start of fresh military operations in the volatile Sinai Peninsula last week.

At least 98 Daesh-linked Takfiri militants have been killed in an ongoing operation by the Egyptian army in the North African country’s violence-plagued Sinai Peninsula, Press TV reports.

Amnesty International has criticized a reform plan proposed by the UN to tackle sexual abuse by its peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR), saying the world body must give due punishment to the perpetrators of the crimes that could disgrace the UN.

The government of Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab has submitted its resignation to the country’s president

A roadside bomb explosion has killed at least one army officer and a soldier in Rafah city in Egypt's northern Sinai Province, Press TV reports.

In tribute to Aylan Kurdi, a number of Moroccans lay on the ground motionless similar to the three-year-old Syrian boy, whose tiny body washed up on the Turkish shore last week. Aylan’s picture, lying face down with red and blue clothing in the cold surf created a viral media sensation.

Egyptian government forces have carried out separate operations in the country’s violence-plagued Sinai Peninsula, killing more than two dozen Takfiri militants over the past 24 hours, Press TV reports.

A new attack by Ugandan rebels has left at least seven civilians dead in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials say.

Takfiri al-Shabab militants have overrun another town in central Somalia following the departure of the forces of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) from the area.

An Egyptian military court has handed down jail terms to 19 people, including three children, for attending anti-government demonstrations and allegedly storming state buildings.

Takfiri Boko Haram militants have shot dead nearly 80 people after they stormed three villages in Nigeria’s crisis-stricken northeastern state of Borno, a vigilante and residents say.

Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militants have attacked an African Union (AU) base in Janale district, near Mogadishu.

Nigerian army troops have recaptured a key town from the Boko Haram Takfiri militant group in the country’s crisis-stricken northeastern state of Borno, military sources say.

Anti-government protesters in Egypt hold rallies across the country, censuring the crackdown on opposition activists.

An Egyptian court has sentenced 9 people to life in jail for their alleged role in violence following the ouster of the country’s first democratically-elected president Mohamed Morsi, Press TV reports.

Takfiri Boko Haram militants have killed 56 villagers in a remote area in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, a local official says.

Chad has executed at least 10 members of the Nigeria-based Boko Haram Takfiri militant group after they were found guilty of involvement in a series of deadly bomb attacks in the capital, N'Djamena.

The Canadian government says it is "disappointed" after an Egyptian appeals court sentenced Mohammed Fahmy, a naturalized Canadian working for Al Jazeera news network, to prison.