Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has denied any involvement in the abduction of seven French tourists in northern Cameroon.

Egyptian opposition protesters have poured into the streets in the capital Cairo to rally against President Mohamed Morsi.

The US has set up a new drone base in Niger reportedly aimed at fighting al-Qaeda and its affiliates in Africa and helping French troops in their war on Mali.

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

US President Barack Obama says at least 100 American military personnel have been dispatched to Niger to support French troops battling fighters in neighboring Mali.

Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki has named Interior Minister Ali Larayedh as the new prime minister to replace Hamadi Jebali, who resigned earlier in the week.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has set a date for the country’s parliamentary elections.

At least three civilians have been killed and many others injured in two separate bomb explosions in Nigeria.

The German government has approved the deployment of up to 330 military personnel to Mali to back France in its war on the West African country.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says the March 23 movement (M23) rebels had “external support” when they seized the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in November 2012.

A clash has left “many casualties” near the border between Sudan and South Sudan, a report says.

A French soldier has been killed in clashes with fighters in a mountainous region of northern Mali.

Tunisia's Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali has announced his resignation amid the political crisis that is gripping the North African country.

An American Senator says the United States is likely to play a more active military role in Mali, where a French-led war is raging, after the West African country holds elections.

Thousands of opposition supporters have held a peaceful demonstration in the Guinean capital to call for a free and fair legislative poll in May.

Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali says his plan to resolve the political crisis gripping the country through the formation of a new government of technocrats has failed.

Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali said he was unable to form a technocrat government after talks among parties failed to produce any consensus to this end, Shems FM reported on Monday evening.

Tunisia's major political parties failed, after hours of talks, to reach any consensus on forming a non-partisan cabinet of technocrats to end domestic crisis, Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali said Monday.

Four U.S. Senators who are on a visit to Mali said on Monday that the United States is ready to help Mali in the organization of the forthcoming elections.

The European Union said on Monday that it has removed 21 loyalists of Zimbabwe's president from a sanctions list of people facing travel and banking bans.