French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is on a visit to Mali to offer his country’s support for a landmark peace deal agreed in the African country to end years of unrest.

Egypt’s former envoy to the Arab League has been appointed as the country’s new ambassador to Israel.

Grenade attack in Burundi's capital have killed four people.

A Egyptian court has postponed the trial of the country’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi on charges of espionage.

Dozens of the ISIL Takfiri terrorists based in Libya's northeastern city of Derna have been killed in clashes with militiamen trying to dislodge them from the city, a report says.

The United Nations (UN) has welcomed the signing of a landmark peace deal between the government and the Coordination of Azawad Movements in Mali, which is aimed at ending years of unrest in a country battered by ethnic divisions and al-Qaeda-linked militancy.

Al-Shabab militants have stormed a military intelligence base in the Somali capital of Mogadishu following a car bomb explosion targeting the compound, security sources say.

Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in South Africa's port city of Cape Town to protest against the government of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and its mass death sentences.

Tunisia has announced a decision to close its consulate in Libya, following an attack on the Tunisian diplomatic mission and the abduction of a number of its employees, who have now been released.

A rights group in Burundi says at least 70 people, mostly civilians, were killed and hundreds of others wounded during weeks of political unrest in the African country.

Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood has slammed Tuesday's confirmed death sentences against some of its leading figures, including deposed president Mohamed Morsi, calling on Egyptians to join an “uprising” on Friday.

A South African court has given the government seven days to explain the reason behind defying an order to keep Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in the country.

Officials in Chad have launched a sweeping security clampdown in the capital, N’Djamena, in the wake of purported Boko Haram attacks in the city.

Only dialogue can lead to a lasting solution, says African Union Commission chairwoman.

A militant group in Libya has denied reports that a senior commander of the al-Qaeda terrorist group was killed in a US airstrike on the North African country.

An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, to life in prison over spying.

A purported militant source in Libya has denied US claims that its military airstrikes have killed a major al-Qaeda-linked Algerian terrorist, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, claiming that he was not at the site targeted by in the American strikes.

Three police officers and a militant have been killed in clashes in central Tunisia, the Interior Ministry of the North African country says.

Many people have died after two assailants blew themselves up outside police headquarters and academy in the capital of Chad, whose forces have been on the frontline fighting Boko Haram militants, a police official says.

An Egyptian court has finally sentenced 23 defendants involved in the brutal lynching of Shia leader Hassan Shehata and three members of his community in June 2013 to lenient sentences of 14 years in prison.