A man has set himself on fire in the Tunisian capital due to poverty and unemployment.

Four soldiers have been killed in the south of the Central African Republic (CAR) by Seleka rebels, a military source says.

The Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, and South Africa say they back a recent peace plan for the DRC.

Sudan and South Sudan have reached a deal to resume the flow of southern oil exports through pipelines in the north within two weeks.

Members of the Seleka rebel group have attacked two towns in the south of the Central African Republic (CAR).

The Congolese government says it will give limited amnesty to the March 23 movement (M23) rebels and integrate them into the army if they agree to lay down their arms by March 15.

Congolese Defense Minister Alexandre Luba Ntambo has vowed to investigate allegations that government troops committed rape in November 2012 in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo and says there will be no impunity.

Hundreds of Tunisians hold an anti-government demonstration in the capital Tunis, criticizing the country’s new cabinet line-up amid political crisis in the North African nation.

A terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda has fired a long-range missile in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, security sources say.

Situation in Egypt remains tense after violent clashes between police and protesters over a controversial court ruling on 2012 soccer riot in the North African country.

Fresh clashes have broken out between Egyptian security forces and hundreds of protesters in the northeastern city of Port Said.

French Defense Minister Jean Yves Le Drian says soldiers fighting in Mali have killed at least 15 local fighters in overnight clashes in the country's northeast.

At least 70 people have been killed and thousands have fled their homes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to Red Cross workers in the region.

Eight people have been killed in northeastern Nigeria in an attack by the Boko Haram militant group.

Two explosions have reportedly taken place in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi as the vote count continues following the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections.

People in Kenya are awaiting the results of the African country’s first presidential elections since the disputed 2007 vote that caused a wave of violence.

A rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has seized control of the eastern town of Kitchanga after days of fighting that have left more than 80 people dead, the UN says.

A section of the police headquarters in Egypt's northeastern city of Port Said has been set ablaze as clashes between security forces and protesters continue in the Suez Canal city.

An airplane has crashed near an airport in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing dozens of people, local officials say.

Plainclothes security forces in Egypt have attacked anti-government demonstrators in the capital, Cairo, and the northeastern city of Port Said.