A U.S.-born Islamist militant on Washington's most wanted list was killed in a gunbattle in Somalia on Thursday, witnesses said, after he fell out with the al Shabaab rebel group's top commander.

Somalia's government and international donors will sign up to a three-year plan on Monday to rebuild the violence-torn country, backed by pledges of new funding that EU officials hope could reach more than one billion euros

South Sudan's army has killed almost 100 members of a small tribe, executing some of them in cold blood, during seven months of fighting with rebels in the eastern Jonglei state, Human Rights Watch said on Friday.

Nigeria’s Bodo community and the multinational oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell have failed to reach a settlement over a compensation offer for damage from two major oil spills in 2008.

A court in Cairo has resumed the trial of former Egyptian dictator, Hosni Mubarak, over his involvement in the violent crackdown during the North African country’s 2011 revolution.

Hundreds of supporters and opponents of Egypt's ousted dictator, Hosni Mubarak, have clashed outside a court in Cairo where he is being tried on charges related to the killing of protesters during the North African country’s 2011 revolution.

Southern African nations say concerns are growing that another war between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is coming.

A court in Egypt has ordered a media blackout during the next phase of the retrial of ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak

At least one person has been killed and several others injured in Egypt during clashes between opponents and supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi.

The president of the Central African Republic (CAR), Michel Djotodia, has ordered the dissolution of the Seleka rebel coalition.

Congolese troops along with UN peacekeeping forces have pushed the March 23 (M23) rebels away from Goma, the main city in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Unknown gunmen have killed three Egyptian police officers in the north Sinai town of el-Arish as the Egyptian military continues an offensive against militants in the restive peninsula.

A court in Egypt has cleared all 14 defendants, including security forces, of charges of killing protesters in Suez City during the 2011 revolution which toppled the former dictator Hosni Mubarak, a judicial source says.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has provided Egypt’s army with warfare and military equipment to be used against supporters of the ousted president Mohamed Morsi, a former top official says.

Qatar’s state-run broadcaster Al Jazeera is taking legal action against Egypt’s military-backed government for shutting down its offices and arresting its reporters.

The army-backed Egyptian government’s decision to ban 55,000 unlicensed clerics from preaching in mosques is a throwback to Mubarak-era practices, Press TV reports.

An anti-coup alliance in Egypt has called on people to hold week-long "Loyalty to Martyrs Blood" demonstrations across the North African country, starting Friday.

The United Nations refugee agency says thousands of Burundians living in neighboring Tanzania have been forced out from the country over the past 30 days.

The United Nations says the deployment of a spy drone by UN peacekeepers in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been delayed by several months

South African lawmakers have voiced support for a peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria.