Ageing Tunisia ex-PM to run for president
Tunis - Beji Caid Essebsi, the 87-year-old ex-premier and leading opponent of the Islamists, said on Tuesday he will stand in Tunisia's presidential poll...
Ex-Libyan general battling Islamist militias faces dwindling support
Tripoli, Libya — Just weeks after he launched a popular revolt against the Islamist militants plaguing Libya’s east, rogue general Khalifa Hifter already is...
Egyptian Court sentences 50 Brotherhood supporters to five years in jail
Cairo - An Alexandria court sentenced on Tuesday 50 Muslim Brotherhood supporters to five years in jail with labor after they had been convicted...
Egypt making phone calls to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza
Cairo - Egypt's presidential office said on Wednesday that Egypt is making extensive phone calls with concerned parties to protect Palestinian civilians from Israeli...
Fifty new Ebola cases and 25 deaths reported in West Africa
Fifty new cases of Ebola and 25 deaths have been reported in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea since 3 July, as the deadly virus...
‘Some Good News’ Soon on Kidnapped Nigerian Girls
Nigeria - The Council of State, made up of former heads of government, on Tuesday held its second meeting in the year and came...
‘Many’ killed in attack on Central African Republic church compound
Rebel fighters and armed Muslim civilians have killed "many" people in an attack on a church compound in the Central African Republic where thousands...
South Sudan security confiscates newspapers
JUBA - South Sudanese security operatives raided the premises of the independent Citizen newspaper, confiscating all copies of its Monday edition, the paper’s editor-in-chief...
Ugandan Police officer shoots ‘aggressive’ tortoise
A police officer in Uganda has reportedly shot a tortoise dead after being attacked by the "aggressive" creature.The incident happened in the Nebbi district...
Kenya Police and KDF arrest 50 in Lamu operation
Nairobi Kenya - Police have arrested 50 suspects connected with the Lamu and Tana River attacks following a two-day multi-agency security operation in the...