Dozens of people have been injured as thousands of supporters of the deposed president, Mohamed Morsi, hold anti-military demonstrations across Egypt, security sources say.

A group of African countries will present the UN Security Council with a resolution that seeks a one-year suspension of International Criminal Court (ICC) charges against Kenya’s leaders.

Anti-coup protesters in Egypt have called for daily demonstrations before deposed President Mohamed Morsi goes on trial next week on charges of inciting violence.

The results of an unofficial referendum show that 99.9 percent of the voters in disputed Abyei, mostly from Ngok Dinka tribe, have voted to join South Sudan.

Vote counting is underway in Abyei after residents of the contested African region took part in an unofficial referendum to decide whether they belong to Sudan or South Sudan.

More than 85 migrants have died of thirst in a desert in northern Niger just a few kilometers from the Algerian border.

Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi have reportedly held demonstrations in Cairo, Alexandria, Damanhur and Port Said.

Congolese officials say the army has recaptured one of the last remaining strongholds of Rwanda-backed rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, raising hopes that the end to the 18-month-old rebellion is near.

Egypt's Interior Ministry says law enforcement agencies have arrested at least 25 students, including 11 from al-Azhar University, during violent clashes in capital, Cairo.

Violent clashes have erupted between pro-Muslim Brotherhood protesters and Egyptian police inside Cairo's al-Azhar University, security sources say.

A bomb attack has been carried out in the tourist resort of Sousse near the Tunisian capital of Tunis, with the bomber having been killed in the assault.

Egyptian security forces have detained senior Muslim Brotherhood leader Essam el-Erian, the Interior Ministry says, amid heightened crackdown on the movement.

Almost 40 people have been killed in fighting between former Seleka rebels and armed vigilantes in the Central African Republic (CAR), army sources say.

The Nigerian Health Ministry says cholera outbreak has hit the country, killing at least 75 people.

Algerian security forces have arrested some 20 people who are said to support militants along the country's border with Tunisia.

The Congolese army backed by UN troops has defeated the March 23 movement (M23) that threatened towns in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN special representative to the country has said.

Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi does not recognize the authority of the court that is set to try him next week on charges of inciting violence, his supporters have said.

At least two people have been killed in an attack carried out by a US assassination drone in southern Somalia, an al-Shabab militant and a senior US military official have said.

Three Egyptian police officers have been shot dead in an attack on a checkpoint in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, security sources say.

Egyptian riot police have fired tear gas to disperse students protesting against the military-backed government at al-Azhar University in Cairo, security sources say.