Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege has received the 2013 Civil Courage Prize, honoring his humanitarian work in the conflict-ridden eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Rights group Amnesty International says nearly 1,000 people have died in Nigerian detention facilities.

A Libyan man abducted in his home country by US Special Forces has pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges after appearing before a court in New York.

Amnesty International has called for an immediate probe into the deaths of hundreds of prisoners in Nigerian detention facilities during a clampdown on anti-government fighters.

A Libyan man, who was kidnapped from Tripoli by US Special Forces, has been taken to the United States to "face trial."

Amnesty International says Egyptian security forces used live ammunition to disperse supporters of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and ousted President Mohamed Morsi on October 6.

Egyptian security forces have fired tear gas to disperse supporters of ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, in Egypt’s port city of Alexandria.

Amnesty International says Egyptian security forces used live ammunition to disperse supporters of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and ousted President Mohamed Morsi on October 6.

A Libyan man, who was kidnapped from Tripoli by US Special Forces, has been taken to the United States to "face trial."

Hundreds of people are dying in military detention as Nigeria's security forces crack down on an Islamic uprising in the northeast, Amnesty International said Tuesday. Some people are shot outright, some starve and others suffocate to death, it said.

Forget it in Nigeria's northern Kano state, where Islamic police are deploying thousands of officers to arrest anyone sporting the "indecent dress" that's fashionable among young men driving motorized rickshaw taxis.

South Africa and France agreed Monday on the need to act "quickly" to prevent an implosion in the deeply troubled Central African Republic at the start of President Francois Hollande's two-day visit.

Angola's President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos said on Tuesday his country's relationship with Portugal, its former colonial ruler and one of its main trading partners, was "not well" and not conducive to the creation of a planned strategic partnership.

Three Senegalese peacekeepers have been killed in an attack on a UN water convoy in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region.

Two people have been killed in a bomb explosion in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, state radio says.

Supporters and opponents of Egypt’s military-backed interim government have called for nationwide protests across the country on the two-day holiday marking Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice) in Muslim countries.

Several Egyptian security forces have been injured in an attack in the restive Sinai Peninsula as insecurity continues in the area.

The United Nations special envoy to Africa's Great Lakes region has condemned a recent attack by M23 rebels

A political analyst says poverty and hunger continue to plague the entire African continent due to the “genocide policy” exercised by countries like the United States and Britain, Press TV reports.

Thousands of Egyptians have once again taken to the streets of the capital Cairo calling for the downfall of the military-backed government.