At least 60 Egyptian soldiers have been killed and scores of others injured in a series of attacks by Takfiri militants against military checkpoints in the country’s violence-plagued Sinai Peninsula.

Sheihk Kirya has become the 12th Muslim cleric to be slain in a period of 2 years.

The United Nations (UN) says the number of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the North African country of Libya has doubled since September last year.

This is the first successful assassination attempt against a state official since an upswing in violence following the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013.

The head of the UN Support Mission in Libya has expressed optimism that the North African country's two rival parliaments would endorse his plan for a unity government later this week.

Tunisia has arrested seven people in connection with Friday’s seaside terrorist attack that left 38 people dead.

Libya’s warring factions have held their first face-to-face meeting in the latest round of UN-brokered peace talks in Morocco in a bid to reach a deal on a unity government.

Polling stations in Burundi's parliamentary and local elections have officially opened following weeks of bloody unrest in the African country.

Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militants have attacked a military base in Somalia’s southern port city of Kismayo, killing several soldiers, sources say.

Egyptian security forces have carried out separate operations in Egypt’s violence-plagued Sinai Peninsula, killing nearly a dozen Takfiri militants.

Security forces claim to have freed captives in clash with trafficking gang.

Fifteen Britons have died following the attack on a Tunisian beach resort, the Foreign Office has confirmed.

Tunisia has decided to close 80 mosques that are operating outside the government’s control, a day after a terrorist attack killed dozens in the African country.

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry labelled the US Department of States report as an interference into Egypt's internal affairs.

A United Nations committee is weighing imposing sanctions on six senior commanders from South Sudan, the first to face penalties over the 18-month war

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday discussed by phone the two countries’ upcoming strategic dialogue talks.

U.S. state department announced in 2015 annual report that Sudan is hosting international terrorists.

At least 10 people have been killed in northeast Nigeria in a bombing attack carried out by a girl believed to be 12.

The United States has provided Egypt with two fast missile boats, the US embassy in Cairo says.

Ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front wins 500 of 547 seats in federal parliament .