Suspected Al-Shabaab men killed four police officers in an attack in northern Kenya, the latest in a series by the Somalia-based group linked to Al-Qaida, authorities and local residents said on Saturday.

A senior radio and TV engineer was gunned down in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, hours after the security forces executed a man previously convicted of killing a journalist.

A bomb went off outside Egypt's consulate in Benghazi, eastern Libya on Saturday, causing property damage, witnesses said.

A special committee of the African Union has embarked on determining the zero line with the aim of establishing a demilitarized zone between Sudan and South Sudan, Khartoum's Al-Ray Al-Am newspaper reported Tuesday.

A special committee of the African Union has embarked on determining the zero line with the aim of establishing a demilitarized zone between Sudan and South Sudan, Khartoum's Al-Ray Al-Am newspaper reported Tuesday.

Sudan's monthly inflation rate dropped to 23.8 percent in July, said Sudan's Central Bureau of Statistics in a statement.

Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) is pushing for life imprisonment for poachers of elephants and rhinos as a deterrent measures to protect the two endangered species, an official has said.

The Sudanese army said that military confrontation took place Monday between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the South Sudanese Army on the border between the two countries, killing one Sudanese soldier.

Nigerian security forces said Monday they had arrested 28 suspected oil pipeline vandals in southwest Ogun State.

The Libyan deputy prime minister has handed in his resignation to the government, saying he is not given sufficient powers to perform his duties.

Thousands of supporters of the ruling Ennahda Party in Tunisia have held a demonstration in support of the country’s Islamic government.

The head of the Egyptian armed forces, General Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, has held a meeting with Islamic leaders in an attempt to resolve the crisis facing the county following the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi.

Foreign and defense ministers from troop contributing countries to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) met here Saturday to discuss ways to coordinate their ongoing operations in the volatile horn of African country.

Morocco's king has ordered an investigation after his pardoning of a Spanish paedophile sparked violent protests in the country.

Zimbabwe's incumbent president Robert Mugabe, 89, was re-elected president for sixth term since 1987, beating his long-time rival Morgan Tsvangirai in polls with big margins. Here are the key dates in Mugabe's life.

Zimbabwe's incumbent president Robert Mugabe, 89, won the presidential race Saturday for the sixth time, extending his 33-year rule of the country since its independence in 1980.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's party has secured more than two thirds of seats in the parliament, the country's electoral body said Saturday, giving the party power to effectively decide on major state affairs.

The first round of Mali's presidential elections was opened Sunday morning.

At least one people was killed and 15 others injured on Sunday in clashes between loyalists of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi and residents in the governorates of Gharbiya and Port Said, state-run news agency MENA reported.

Kenya men's team has topped the Zone 5 Sub Zonal volleyball qualifier for the World Championship which ended here Saturday night.