Kenya has begun its first general elections since the disputed vote in 2007 that triggered weeks of violence in which over 1,100 people were killed.

At least five Egyptians, including security forces, have lost their lives and 420 others sustained injuries in overnight clashes in Egypt's northeastern city of Port Said.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has paid a visit to Cairo for talks with Egyptian leaders and opposition amid political and economic turmoil in the North African country.

Egyptian protesters have set fire to a police station in the city of Port Said as US Secretary of State John Kerry lands in the capital, Cairo.

Clashes between police and protesters in Egypt's Nile Delta province of Dakahliya have left at least one person dead and dozens of others injured.

Government troops of the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken control of a number of eastern towns for the first time in eight months, after the March 23 movement (M23) rebels, weakened by infighting, withdrew from the territory.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that Egypt must reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to be able to boost its economy.

Chadian soldiers operating in Mali have killed militant leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the Chadian Army says.

Egypt sets the date of the retrial of ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak for April 13, state media say.

Clashes between police and protesters in Egypt's Nile Delta city of Mansura have left at least one person dead and dozens others injured.

Egyptian opposition figures have turned down invitations to meet US Secretary of State John Kerry during his weekend visit to Cairo due to the US pressure on the opposition.

Thousands of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo have fled to neighboring Uganda to escape renewed violence in eastern Congo, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says.

At least two people have been killed and several wounded in two massive explosions that targeted a restaurant on the popular beachfront of Somalia's capital city, Mogadishu.

French officials say the country’s forces will remain in Mali until at least July amid reports of a serious humanitarian crisis in the northern areas of the country caused by the French-led war in the West African nation.

Accra gets ready to host the third annual African Human Resource Leaders conference under the theme 'Employee Engagement and Leadership' on February 28th to March 1st, 2013. This conference is expected to be attended by nearly 100 delegates from both the private and public sector in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and many other African countries who will be addressed by local and international experts.

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Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, witnessed the signing on Sunday at the African Union's headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The eleven countries in the Great Lakes region of Africa have signed a UN-mediated peace agreement meant to end the interminable cycles of violence that have been plaguing the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for many years.

Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi has called for talks with opposition groups to ensure the “integrity and transparency” of the upcoming parliamentary elections of April 22.

At least five people have been killed and seven others injured after unknown gunmen opened fire on them in Nigeria.