At least three policemen and a civilian have been killed in two separate attacks in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula as insecurity continues in the area.

Nearly 30 students have been wounded in clashes between supporters and opponents of Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi at three universities.

A renewed fighting has erupted between Malian troops and members of the Tuareg rebel group in Kidal in the north.

One army officer and two police officers have been killed in separate attacks in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, a security official says.

Ethiopians have taken to the streets of the capital, Addis Ababa, to protest against an anti-terrorism law, Press TV reports.

The government of Sudan has vowed to stand firm on its decision to hike fuel prices despite days of deadly public protests and criticism from within the ruling party and other groups.

Suspected Boko Haram members have killed at least 50 people in a night raid on a college dormitory in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe state.

Six people, including two civilians, have been killed and several others injured in a bomb explosion near an army camp in northern Mali.

The Egyptian foreign minister says Israel must join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in order to bring about a nuclear-weapons-free Middle East.

Kenya has condemned a US decision to issue a travel advisory in the wake of this week’s blatant attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi that killed scores of people.

At least 42 people drowned and 100 went missing when a Nigerian ferry overloaded with passengers and goods broke up in stormy weather on the Niger River, emergency officials report.

At least 27 people have been killed in two separate attacks by members of the militant group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, according to a government official.

Kenya has condemned a US decision to issue a travel advisory in the wake of this week’s blatant attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi that killed scores of people.

The Egyptian foreign minister says Israel must join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in order to bring about a nuclear-weapons-free Middle East.

Egyptian authorities have temporarily reopened the Rafah border crossing with the besieged Gaza Strip after more than a week of closure.

People in the West African nation of Guinea are casting their ballots in the first democratic parliamentary vote since the country’s independence from France in 1958

Sudanese security forces have fired tear gas at thousands of angry demonstrators who were protesting against President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

Tunisia's ruling moderate Islamic Ennahda Party has agreed to resign in order to put an end to the ongoing political deadlock in the North African country.

The majority of miners working for South Africa’s Anglo-American Platinum (Amplats) have gone on a strike in protest against planned job cuts by the world’s biggest platinum producer.

The Muslim Brotherhood has called on the United Nations not to recognize Egypt’s interim Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy, adding that he is part of a “void” government.