Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi says Cairo’s relation with Iran is in line with the interests of Persian Gulf, Arab states.

Residents of the contested Abyei region have gone to polls in an unofficial referendum to decide whether they belong to Sudan or South Sudan.

A video has gone viral showing a former Egyptian army officer carrying out a car bomb attack targeting Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim.

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government forces have captured the city of Rutshuru in the third day of violent fighting in eastern part of the country.

Mozambique’s former rebel group has attacked a police station, in retaliation against the army’s attack on its base, officials say.

The Nigerian army says it has killed 37 suspected members of extremist militant group Boko Haram in the northeast of the country.

Security forces have intervened after the supporters and opponents of Egypt's ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, clashed in the city of Mansoura, Dakahlia Governorate.

An Egyptian soldier and a civilian have been killed after militants ambushed a military convoy in the north of the volatile Sinai Peninsula.

A court in Egypt has started retrials of 11 football fans convicted over deadly riots that broke out last year in the northeastern city of Port Said.

Some unknown armed men have critically wounded a Somali television journalist in the country’s capital Mogadishu, police has announced.

Mozambique’s former rebel group, known as Renamo, has said the Monday attack by the army signals the end of the peace deal signed 21 years ago.

Thousands of Egypt’s al-Azhar University students have demonstrated in Cairo for the third consecutive day, demanding the reinstatement of the country’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi.

Peace talks between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the March 23 movement (M23) rebels have been suspended over disagreements on the rebel’s amnesty.

Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has warned against ‘forces’ seeking to hinder development in the country, saying the government faces major difficulties in establishing order.

At least three people have been killed and several others injured after gunmen opened fire on wedding guests outside a Coptic Christian church in the Egyptian capital Cairo, the country’s Interior Ministry says.

At least 41 people have been killed and 63 others injured in a gun attack in South Sudan’s eastern state of Jonglei, a regional official says.

At least 19 people have been killed in an attack by members of the militant group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, according to local residents and survivors of the attack.

Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has warned against ‘forces’ seeking to hinder development in the country, saying the government faces major difficulties in establishing order.

At least three people have been killed and several others injured after gunmen opened fire on wedding guests outside a Coptic Christian church in the Egyptian capital Cairo, the country’s Interior Ministry says.

At least 41 people have been killed and 63 others injured in a gun attack in South Sudan’s eastern state of Jonglei, a regional official says.