Foreign special forces in Somalia have carried out a pre-dawn attack against an al-Shabab base in a town in the south of the country.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Deslaegn says his country is not planning to withdraw its troops from Somalia.

The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern over recent deadly clashes in the Egyptian capital Cairo that left at least five people dead.

Rescue workers were still searching on Friday through the debris of the partly Israeli-owned mall, which was destroyed in the attack by gunmen in which at least 67 people were killed in a four-day hostage crisis.

An angry mob in Madagascar has lynched two European men and a local fellow, who are suspected of murdering a child to harvest his organs, authorities say.

At least five people have been killed and dozens others injured in Egypt during clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi.

The United Nations’ representative in Mali has called on Tuareg and Arab rebels to resume peace talks with the central government.

Before many African migrants can even begin the perilous sea crossing to Europe they must pass through Libya, where they face exploitation or arrest by often brutal militias.

Survivors of a fiery shipwreck that killed more than 110 African migrants clung for hours to empty water bottles in the dark, trying desperately to keep themselves from drowning in the sea, an Italian fisherman said Friday.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Friday angrily condemned a US decision to impose sanctions against his country for allegedly backing rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo who recruit child soldiers.

At least eight people have been injured after Egyptian security forces opened fire at supporters of the ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, demanding his reinstatement during a rally in the capital, Cairo.

An influential Muslim cleric and three other people have been killed in a shooting attack carried out by unidentified gunmen near Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa.

Unknown gunmen have attacked a military vehicle east of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, killing at least two soldiers.

The Egyptian military is mulling a military intervention in the besieged Gaza Strip in case the situation in Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula further deteriorates, a report says.

Amnesty International has censured attacks on schools in northern Nigeria, saying the assaults have forced thousands to quit their studies.

Egyptian security forces are pushing ahead with their mop-up operations against militants in the troubled Sinai Peninsula.

Tunisia's ruling party and opposition coalition have agreed to start three weeks of negotiations on a transition plan under which the government will resign and allow a caretaker administration of technocrats and new elections, mediators say.

Egypt's military-appointed interim government has announced plans to seize the assets of the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been protesting against the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi in a coup in July.

The United States says it has blocked military aid to Rwanda for backing M23 rebels, who are active in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and use child soldiers in their fight against Kinshasa.

Nigerian authorities say the death toll from a plane crash outside Lagos international airport's domestic terminal has risen to 16.