Iran has extended condolences to the people and government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over a deadly train crash which left over a dozen people dead.

Muslims continue to flee violence in the Central African Republic’s capital, Bangui.

A second Somali lawmaker has been killed by unknown gunmen in the capital, Mogadishu, in 24 hours, police say.

At least 14 Algerian soldiers have been killed in a deadly ambush by heavily armed militants in the mountains east of the capital Algiers.

Nobel peace prize laureate Desmond Tutu has warned that the Central African Republic (CAR) is "on the brink of genocide."

An Egyptian court has sentenced 30 supporters of ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, to more than three years in prison as military-installed government continues cracking down on dissidents.

Five aid workers kidnapped in northern Mali last February have been rescued during a raid near the town of Timbuktu and are reported to be in good health.

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has won a fourth term in office with more than 81 percent of the vote.

At least 35 people have been killed in a blast at a bus station near the Nigerian capital, Abuja.

Two people have been killed and a dozen others, including two police officers, have been injured during tribal clashes in Algeria’s northern province of Ghardaia.

Libya’s interim Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni abruptly quits his post a week after the parliament tasked him with forming a new cabinet.

Fierce clashes have erupted once again between Egypt’s security forces and anti-government protesters, leaving a 50-year-old protester dead in the city of Alexandria.

A large number of angry protesters showing their discontent with the interim government policies have closed Libya’s western Zawiya oil terminal.

At least 19 people, including six college teachers, have been killed in three separate attacks in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno.

The UN refugee agency has expressed extreme concern over reports of Christian militiamen in the Central African Republic (CAR) attacking civilians fleeing the violence.

Nearly 15,000 Muslim residents in the Central African Republic (CAR) have reportedly been besieged in the nation’s capital of Bangui by Christian militia amid their persisting trail of killing and looting of more Muslims.

Fierce clashes have erupted once again between Egypt’s security forces and anti-government protesters, leaving a 50-year-old protester dead in the city of Alexandria.

Egyptian security forces have killed at least two members of the Muslim Brotherhood in the northern governorate of al-Gharbia, a media report says.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has strongly criticized Kenya's mistreatment of Somalis in the country, saying Nairobi treats the refugees as scapegoats.

Nigeria’s major Islamic group has said that the military has summarily executed Muslims across the country on the pretext of counter-terrorism.