Uganda Cranes on Saturday qualified for the 2014 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) after a 3-1 victory over Tanzania in the second leg qualifier played here at the Mandela National Stadium, Namboole.

The death toll in Egypt's rows over ousted Islamist-oriented President Mohamed Morsi rose to 75 and the number of the injured climbed up to at least 748, as fresh clashes erupted overnight Friday.

Over 1,000 convicts have escaped from a prison near Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on Saturday, local media reported.

Tunisia's interior ministry on Saturday urged for calm, calling on people to shun violence and " ensure that the country's higher interests prevail," official TAP press agency reported.

Following the funeral of a slain opposition figure, hundreds of Tunisians headed toward the Constituent Assembly on Saturday to call for its dissolution, Radio Mosaique FM reported.

Two people were killed and several injured after gunmen stormed Turkish centre in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, witnesses and police said.

At least five protesters have been killed in clashes between the opponents and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in the Nile Delta city of Mansura.

Pre-election clashes in the northern Malian flashpoint town of Kidal have left four people dead and many others wounded, a defense ministry statement says.

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped and killed a senior Libyan air force officer in the eastern city of Benghazia, a security official says.

Sudan has filed a complaint to the African Union (AU) against Uganda over its support for rebel insurgency against Khartoum, Almeghar Alsyasi daily reported Saturday.

Guinea-Bissau says the West African country has arrested two Cape Verdian police officers on suspicion of drug trafficking after the Atlantic Ocean island state demanded clarification on their detention.

A British national has been kidnapped earlier this week after unknown gunmen ambushed his car near an airport in Nigeria's economic and commercial capital Lagos, local police said late Friday.

Religious leaders in Gambia have condemned the propaganda made by western countries for the promotion of gay marriage, in their Friday summons in various mosques across the country.

Plans to launch a private television station via a South African parastatal in Zimbabwe have been met with resistance from the government's press authorities, which on Friday said it is a "pirate station".

Tunisia's Rebel movement, or Tamarrod, is hoping to gather two million signatures demanding the dissolution of the Constitutional Assembly by August, a spokesman said at a press conference Friday.

South Africa and the European Union (EU) said on Friday that the outcome of the upcoming elections in Zimbabwe should "clearly reflects the will of the people of Zimbabwe."

Two Spanish aid workers released in Somalia after spending 21 months in captivity are on their way home, their employer said in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Friday.

Cortec Mining Kenya Ltd on Friday said Mrima Hill in southwest Kenya has one of the largest mineral deposits in the world with a potential in-ground value of up to 62. 4 billion U.S. dollars.

The African Union (AU) on Friday authorized the deployment of a larger peacekeeping force for Central African Republic (CAR) to help stabilize the security situation there.

Congo's army says its helicopter gunships have bombarded rebel positions during a third straight day of fighting between government forces and M23 rebels.