South Sudan rebels say the army forces have violated the newly-signed ceasefire agreement aimed at ending a brutal civil war in the landlocked African country.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir says conflicts in the African country's Darfur, South Kordofan and Blue Nile regions will end in the next year.

An Egyptian court has sentenced two supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi to death on charges of involvement in violence during anti-government protests in 2013, Press TV reports.

A bomb attack has claimed the lives of at least six people and injured more than 40 others in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Yobe.

Libya’s foreign minister has called on the international community for aid in battling the Daesh Takfiri group and the lifting of an arms embargo imposed on his country.

Somali government forces have ended the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab’s six-year-long control over a southwestern village.

Burundi security forces used acid and iron bars to extract confessions from the opponents of President Pierre Nkurunziza during his controversial bid for a third term in office, Amnesty International says.

An Egyptian court has sentenced two supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi to death on charges of involvement in violence during anti-government protests in 2013, Press TV reports.

Egyptian government forces have carried out a series of operations in the violence-plagued Sinai Peninsula, killing nearly a dozen Takfiri militants there.

A terrorist attack carried out by an al-Shabab militant in Somalia has killed 14 soldiers and injured 20 others in the south of the war-torn country.

An Egyptian court has sentenced 95 Muslim Brotherhood members to life in prison over their alleged role in anti-government protests in 2013, Press TV reports.

South Sudan has described a proposed deal with the rebels as a "sell-out" after abandoning peace talks mediated by the African Union (AU) in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa.

Up to 150 people have been shot dead or drowned in a river in northeastern Nigeria while fleeing violence by the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorists.

Senior Muslim scholars have convened in the Egyptian capital Cairo to address “extremist fatwas” issued by terrorist groups especially the Takfiri Daesh group.

The tiny African state of Djibouti has reportedly ordered the US to vacate its secondary Obock military base in the nation in a bid to turn over the installation to the Chinese military and its contingent of 10,000 troops, raising major concerns in Washington, which holds the largest military base in Djibouti, Camp Lemonnier.

South Sudan’s government has refused to sign a peace deal with the rebels in the country despite the threat of international sanctions.

A Burundian army general who was a close ally of President Pierre Nkurunziza has been killed in the country's capital, Bujumbura. The slaying comes after Nkurunziza won a third term in controversial elections.

The ISIL terrorist group has reportedly slain five troops loyal to Libya’s internationally-recognized government in the country’s east.

At least 10 soldiers are killed in northern Mali in an attack against their camp.

Nigeria’s army says it has rescued 178 people, including over 100 children, held hostage by Takfiri Boko Haram terrorists in the restive northeastern state of Borno.