Washington has dispatched more troops closer to Libya in the wake of the attack on a US consulate in the North African country so diplomatic personnel can be protected or evacuated in case of any potential threat, the Pentagon has announced.

A car bomb explosion at a hospital parking lot in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi kills at least 15 people and injures 30 others.

An Egyptian court set a June 3 date to issue a verdict on the case of prominent blogger and activist Ahmed Douma, who has been accused of insulting the president and disrupting public order on Monday.

The World Bank Monday called on the federal government to delink its expenditures from oil price to ensure that its spending plan was not hampered by fluctuations in crude oil prices.

The second hearing of Ahmed Douma's trial for insulting the Egyptian president and spreading false information will be held on Monday.

Nairobi — The government plans recruit 10,000 additional police officers to bolster security in the country amidst rising cases of crimes. Deputy President William Ruto says that the government will also hire vehicles for the police service to ease the challenge of movement being faced by the law enforcers.

Prime Minister Tsvangirai's efforts to get first times voters to register are being undermined by a concerted effort from the authorities, who are cracking down on individuals and groups seen mobilizing youths to register.

Visiting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni on Sunday held a meeting in which they both agreed to promote trade relations among the two countries.

Iran will build six oil refineries in African countries in the near future, Tehran Times daily reported on Monday.

Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) on Sunday demanded the South Sudanese government to stop supporting the rebels who are fighting the system in Khartoum and not to provide shelter for the rebel leaders.

As the Tunisian dinar is hitting an all-time-low against major foreign currencies such at the USD and euro, analysts fear that the country's inflation rate which recently stabilized at 6.4 percent will rise out of control, further crippling the country's middle class purchasing power.

The African Union (AU) has called for restraint and dialogue in the Republic of Guinea as tension prevails on the ground and acts of violence occurred during authorized political demonstrations.

An Egyptian court set June 2 for issuing its final verdict on the constitutionality of the Shura Council, the country's temporary legislative authority, as well as the assembly that drafted the new constitution, official news agency MENA reported on Sunday.

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit will visit Sudan on Wednesday to launch the exportation of his country's oil from Port-Sudan, Khartoum's Almeghar Al-Siasi daily reported Sunday.

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's health condition is improving and he is closely following up the situation in the country, Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said Saturday, state-run TV reported.

Egypt’s ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak is to face a new trial over his role in the deaths of protesters in 2011.

French President Francois Hollande has demanded that nationwide elections be held in July in the former colony of Mali, where a French-led war is raging.

Libyan security officials say unknown heavily-armed assailants have attacked two police stations in the troubled eastern city of Benghazi.

A Nigerian Mi-24B attack helicopter has crashed at a military base in the country’s southern Niger Delta, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, Nigeria's Air Force says.

The United Nations says a Pakistani UN peacekeeper has been killed in an ambush in the strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).