The Nigerian military says it has repelled an attack against the country’s main army barracks in the country’s north, where anti-government fighters are held.
Sudanese protesters have demonstrated for the second consecutive week against the French military intervention in the Central African Republic and the killing of Muslims in their neighboring country.
South African Justice Minister Jeff Radebe says his country is not a battleground for foreign nations after the expulsion of three Rwandan diplomats suspected of masterminding an attack on an exiled Rwandan general’s home in Johannesburg.
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered a forensic audit of the national oil company following allegations by Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi that $20 billion had gone missing.
Masked gunmen have opened fire on an army bus in the Egyptian capital Cairo, leaving an officer dead and three soldiers wounded, a military source says.
Most Muslims have been pushed out of the western side of the conflict-ridden Central African Republic (CAR) by ongoing violence, the United Nations refugee agency says.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has voiced deep concern over the recent uptick in violence in Sudan’s Darfur region, calling for an immediate halt to hostilities.
As the UN warns of an anti-Muslim genocide in the Central African Republic, anger is rising against French troops for failing to rein in attacks on Muslims, Press TV reports.
Militants in eastern Libya have warned the government against any attacks on a North Korean oil tanker loading crude at a terminal under their control.
Detainees in Egyptian prisons have described how arbitrary arrests, torture and forced confessions take place in Egypt in video clips recently released.
Dozens of protesters have stormed Libya's interim parliament building in Tripoli, with some of them rampaging through the building, witnesses have said.
