A Zimbabwean court on Friday postponed a bail appeal to release the nation's top rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Election Observer Team on Sunday endorsed the conduct of the Zimbabwe constitutional referendum, saying that it was conducted in a free, peaceful and transparent manner.

Three officials from Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai' MDC-T office were arrested Sunday morning, party spokesman Douglas Mwonzora told Xinhua.

nternational Monetary Fund (IMF) senior official Masood Ahmed described Sunday his talks with Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil on the intended IMF rescue loan of 4.8 billion U.S. dollars to Egypt as "positive."

The African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) on Sunday urged the Darfur armed movements to join the dialogue with the Sudan government to reach a peaceful solution for the conflict in the region.

Somalia's militant group Al Shabaab retook the southern Somali town of Hudur following the withdrawal of allied Ethiopian and Somali government troops based in the area, residents said.

The Supreme court in Somalia on Sunday acquitted a journalist jailed after interviewing a woman who alleges she was raped by government security forces.

Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) decided Sunday to delay reviewing an appeal against the suspension of the upcoming parliamentary elections to March 24, Egyptian state TV reported.

Egypt's Court of Cassation overturned Sunday the 12-year imprisonment sentence against former Interior Minister Habib al-Adli over money-laundering and profiteering charges, state-run news agency MENA reported.

Egypt's Court of Cassation overturned Sunday the 12-year imprisonment sentence against former Interior Minister Habib al-Adli over money-laundering and profiteering charges, state-run news agency MENA reported.

The Nigerian federal government has said it is doing everything possible to ensure that the eight foreign hostages held by the militant group in the Northern part of the country are released without any harm.

People in the South African country of Zimbabwe are heading to the polls for a referendum on the nation’s new constitution that would limit powers of the incumbent President Robert Mugabe.

A microbus overturned Saturday on a desert highway heading to Upper Egypt's governorate of Minia, some 220 km south of the capital Cairo, state-run Al-Ahram Online reported.

Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Saturday called on the public to remain calm after his coalition lodged a petition challenging the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country's fourth President.

Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga formally filed his petition at the country's Supreme Court on Saturday to challenge election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country's fourth president.

Nigeria will send a high-power delegation to attend the inauguration of newly elected Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church in the Vatican City on Tuesday, according to a statement released by the presidency on Saturday.

The joint political and security committee between Sudan and South Sudan is to resume its meetings on Sunday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Khartoum's Al Ray Al Am daily reported Saturday.

Anti-riot police have been deployed in Kenya's capital city, Nairobi, as coalition led by Prime Minister Raila Odinga will move to the Supreme Court on Saturday to officially file an election petition challenging last week's election of Uhuru Kenyatta as the country's fourth president.

At least seven people were killed and three others injured when an unidentified armed group attacked a police station in Sudan's East Darfur State, Khartoum's Al Sahafa daily reported Saturday.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi will pay a state visit to Pakistan on March 18 at the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart, Asif Ali Zardari, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday.