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.

Fierce clashes have erupted between Egyptian security forces and students protesting against the military-backed government at al-Azhar University in Cairo.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy says Cairo supports a ‘political solution’ to more than two years of turmoil in Syria.

At least six soldiers have been wounded when a car bomb exploded near a military intelligence building in the Egyptian city of Ismailia, security sources say.

Lack of medical facilities and extreme poverty have killed tens of thousands of newborn babies across East Africa, Press TV reports.

Tunisia says its security forces have killed ten militants involved in a recent deadly attack against police officers.

At least 13 people have been killed in a bomb explosion outside a restaurant in the town of Baladweyne in central Somalia, a local politician says.

Guinea's ruling party has won the West African country’s parliamentary elections, which was held on September 28, the electoral commission says.

The family of Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi says he has refused to hold negotiations with the country’s military leaders, Press TV reports.

United Nations officials have strongly condemned an attack against a UN helicopter by the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have shot at two United Nations helicopter nearly one week after a similar incident, a UN source says.

Thousands of supporters of Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Morsi have held fresh demonstrations across the North African country.

Gunmen have shot and killed a top Libyan military commander in the volatile eastern city of Benghazi, security sources say.

Gunmen have shot and killed a top Libyan military commander in the volatile eastern city of Benghazi, security sources say.

French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says the country will keep some 2,000 troops in Mali until the end of 2013.

Amnesty International has slammed Egypt for unlawfully arresting and deporting hundreds of Syrian refugees, many of them women and children.

The United Nations has appealed for more troops and helicopters for its peacekeeping mission in the West African country of Mali.

The United Nations children's agency says at least 2,500 children under the age of five have died of malnutrition in the Western African country of Niger this year.

Egypt foreign minister says relations between Cairo and Washington are in "turmoil" following the US decision to suspend delivery of military aid to the North African country.

Nigeria’s military says its troops have repelled attacks by members of the Boko Haram militant group and killed 40 militants in the northeastern state of Borno.