South Sudan’s warring sides have missed a deadline to form a unity government despite growing international condemnation of the conflict in the country.

Saudi King Abdullah has decorated Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi with the Arab kingdom’s most prestigious medal amid Cairo’s refusal to reopen a key crossing for aid delivery to besieged Gazans.

The new prime minister of the Central African Republic (CAR), Mahamat Kamoun, has vowed to reconcile the factions that are in conflict along ethnic and religious lines in the country.

The Nigerian president has declared a state of emergency in the country over the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus.

The death toll from the Ebola epidemic in West Africa has increased to almost 950, prompting most countries in the region to enforce states of emergency to contain its spread.

African Union (AU) experts in South Sudan say thousands of children have been killed or abducted since fighting erupted in the war-ravaged nation eight months ago.

Cameroon's President Paul Biya has sent the army chief to the country’s north in a bid to intensify the battle against Nigeria’s Boko Haram Takfiri militants.

South Sudan's warring sides have continued peace talks amid ongoing clashes in the African country.

People in Liberia have taken to the streets to protest against bodies left for days in the streets and houses of the Ebola-hit country.

Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian military and militia groups of committing “extensive human rights violations” in the country’s battle against the members of the Boko Haram terrorist group.

Takfiri Boko Haram militants have killed more than 100 people in a raid on a town in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State, reports say.

Tunisian forces have launched a crackdown on Takfiri militants’ positions and radio stations associated with them after a militant attack that killed at least 14 soldiers in a region near the country’s border with Algeria.

Militants have launched a heavy attack on Libya’s biggest airport only two days after they signed a truce with rival militants that control the airport.

The head of Nigeria’s Takfiri group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for a deadly bomb attack in the capital Abuja and an assault hours later in Lagos.

Egyptian protesters have taken to the streets to condemn Israeli atrocities in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Over 30 people have been killed in clashes in northern Mali a few days ahead of the start of peace talks, security sources say.

At least six people have been killed and 25 others wounded in clashes between Libyan rival militias over the control of an airport in the capital Tripoli.

The United Nations has transferred dozens of its staff from Libya to Italy amid deteriorating security situation in the North African country.

Thousands of Tunisians have held a demonstration in the capital, Tunis, to condemn the Israeli regime’s attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned of the rising number of people forced to flee from their homes in South Sudan, with more than 700,000 refugees expected by the end of the year.