Muslim Brotherhood has slammed the Egyptian army for the ouster of former president, Mohamed Morsi, comparing the country's military rule to that of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany.

At least eight people have been killed in a plane crash in the Nigerian city of Lagos, a rescue agency says.

A group of unidentified armed men has stormed the Russian Embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli, but no embassy staff member has been injured or killed in the incident.

The Gambian government has announced it is withdrawing from the Commonwealth, saying it will "never be a member of any neo-colonial institution."

The Malian justice minister says the government has freed 23 rebel prisoners under terms of a June ceasefire agreement in a bid to revive a troubled peace process.

Somalia’s al-Shabab militant group has threatened to increase its deadly attacks against Kenya, days after they killed tens of people at a mall in the Kenyan capital.

Suspected members of the Boko Haram militant group have killed at least six people in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, a report says.

Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has called for a speedy end to the transitional period in order to restore peace and stability in the violence-wracked country.

Rwanda has sent an extradition request to the Netherlands, asking the Dutch officials to deport a suspected Rwandan national for his role in the African country’s 1994 genocide.

The stench of rotting elephant carcasses hangs in the air in western Zimbabwe, where wildlife officials say at least 91 elephants were poisoned with cyanide by poachers who hack off the tusks for the lucrative illegal ivory market.

Canada announced Tuesday funding to bolster African Union forces in Somalia, after a deadly mall attack in Nairobi by Shebab Islamists last month.

Somalia’s al-Shabab militant group has threatened to increase its deadly attacks against Kenya, days after they killed tens of people at a mall in the Kenyan capital.

The United Nations says 170,000 people have been displaced in recent fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR).

The UN has warned about widespread torture in Libyan detention centers run by revolutionaries who took arms against former dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant against Ivorian ex-minister Charles Ble Goude over allegations of crimes against humanity.

Sudan has pointed to "fake" victim photos and foreign interference in defence of a deadly crackdown on protesters, which drew fresh criticism from inside the ruling party as rallies continued.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday promised a national dialogue to heal what he said was an ethnically and religiously divided nation, and urged his compatriots to unite against extremism to avoid the fate of Syria.

A new UN report says the number of refugees fleeing the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen by more than 350,000 over the past few months.

Nigeria’s former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says the government lacks the ‘vision’ to handle violence in the country, a day after militants killed over 50 students.

Kenyan lawmakers will call for the closure of Somali refugee camps in the country following the deadly siege of a mall in the capital Nairobi.