A most-wanted American jihadi in Somalia says a known assassin from the militant group al-Shabab has shot him in the neck.

A report by a watchdog group says the fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony recently found safe haven in territory controlled by Sudan and that Kony benefits from Sudanese military support.

Many Malians say they cautiously welcome the news that a United Nations peacekeeping force will be deployed to their country.

The piracy targeting the coast of West Africa takes root in the oil-slicked creeks of Nigeria's southern delta, where militants steal millions of dollars of crude with the apparent help of security agencies, experts said Saturday.

South African officials say Laurie Kay, an aviator best known for flying a Boeing 747 passenger jet low over a Johannesburg stadium before the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, has died.

Nigeria's military says at least seven people have been killed in a shootout between soldiers and Islamic extremists in the country's northeast.

The Malian military says it has expelled a French journalist from northern Mali who had documented civilian deaths blamed on Malian soldiers.

Experts from the 15 Security Council members due to meet on Tuesday to discuss resolution, drafted by France.

A mine has collapsed in Ghana's central gold-producing region killing at least 16 people who were working illegally and had been told to leave by the operator, local police have said.

A mob in Bangui has killed seven fighters, all members of the Seleka group which ousted Francois Bozize last month, in the former Central African Republic (CAR) president's electoral district.

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has pardoned nine army officers, days after they were jailed for their role in an alleged coup attempt, state news agency SUNA reported.

Newly elected leader used first speech to parliament to urge parties to overcome their differences.

A Libyan passenger plane with at least 150 passengers on board was shot at as it prepared to land at Tripoli airport, but sustained no major damage, airline sources have said.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has said he will not accept foreign interference during elections later this year.

Ivory Coast's citizens have voted for local officials in the first polls since post-election violence killed thousands of people two years ago.

A Somali radio station editor says unidentified gunmen have shot dead a journalist in Mogadishu, the fifth to be killed in the country his year.

France's embassy in Libya was hit by what appeared to be a car bomb on Tuesday, injuring two guards in the first such attack in the Libyan capital since the 2011 war that ousted Muammar Gaddafi.

Sudan’s Interior Ministry says paramilitary forces in the African country’s Darfur region have mutinied as security in the troubled area is worsening.

Unknown gunmen have shot and killed a Somalia journalist in the capital Mogadishu in the latest of a string of fatal attacks targeting members of media in the country.

Egyptian Justice Minister Ahmed Mekky has resigned following protests in the capital Cairo, Egypt’s Justice Ministry says.