Amnesty International has called on Egyptian authorities to release a number of activists arrested three months ago for defying a controversial anti-demonstration law.

Egyptians from all walks of life have held demonstrations across Egypt to protest against the incumbent military-backed government’s economic policies and its crackdown on dissent.

People have escaped from a Nigerian town in the northeastern state of Adamawa as Boko Haram Takfiri militants are getting closer to it.

At least 12 people have lost their lives in two attacks outside the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

UK government has announced plans to dispatch military and humanitarian experts to Sierra Leone to set up medical treatment centers in areas affected by the Ebola outbreak.

More than 100 Boko Haram Takfiri militants have been killed by Cameroonian army during their attack on the African country.

Somalia’s al-Shabab militant group has reportedly appointed a new leader after it confirmed the death of its former head Ahmed Abdi Godane in a recent US airstrike.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has put the number of those killed by the Ebola outbreak at 32 people as the deadly virus takes more toll in the West African states.

Thousands of people in Nigeria’s northeast Adamawa State have fled their towns and villages following the failure of the army to retake the area from Takfiri Boko Haram militants.

The United Nations has raised the alarm over what it calls grave human rights violations committed during clashes in the Libyan cities of Tripoli and Benghazi.

Hundreds of people in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri have been forced to escape as Boko Haram Takfiri militants get closer, residents say.

The Egyptian foreign minister says an “international approach” is required against the “barbarism” of Takfiri militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq.

Boko Haram Takfiri militants have reportedly captured another town in northeastern Nigeria after heavy clashes with government troops.

The Cameroonian army says it has killed at least 40 Boko Haram militants who attempted to cross into the country from neighboring Nigeria.

Ed-Daein — The United Nations has said that more than 300 people were killed and hundreds others injured in recent fighting between Rizeigat and Ma'alia tribes in East Darfur state.

The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed deep concern over the military coup in the South African nation of Lesotho, calling on all parties to resolve their differences peacefully.

A court in Egypt has reduced a death sentence against the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood to life imprisonment amid Cairo’s harsh crackdown on members of the political movement.

Nigeria’s Boko Haram Takfiri group has killed scores of civilians in a town near the border with Cameroon, reports say.

Boko Haram atrocities in the northeastern parts of Nigeria have compelled people to leave their homes, fleeing to neighboring Cameroon, an official says.

Libyan militias claim that they have shot down a plane belonging to forces of retired General Khalifa Haftar.