Egyptian authorities arrested six "terrorists" in the Sinai region in the wake of a recent military crackdown on suspected militants, according to a military source. A FRANCE 24 correspondent reported the arrest of nine Islamists.
Libya's newly-formed national assembly named veteran politician Mohammed Magarief (pictured, centre) as president on Thursday. The moderate Islamist will effectively be acting head of state, but the true extent of his powers is yet to be determined.
Hundreds of people protested in the Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid on Thursday, amid growing discontent with the state of the country a year and a half after the revolution that ousted leader Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali.
Islamist militants in northern Mali have cut off the hand of a suspected cattle thief in accordance with sharia law, a militant leader said Thursday. The Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa took control of northern cities after a March coup.
A two-day summit of regional leaders aimed at defusing tensions between Rwanda and DR Congo, which have traded accusations of aiding each other's rebels, ended inconclusively on Wednesday. The leaders pledged to meet again in a month.
At least 19 people were killed when gunmen opened fire at a church in Nigeria’s Kogi state late on Monday, a local government spokesman said. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ruled out extraditing Libyan ex-spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi (pictured), who worked under Muammar Gaddafi's regime before its ouster last year. Mauritania first wants to try Senussi for illegal entry.
Sudan and South Sudan reached a crucial oil agreement late Friday, easing long-running tensions between the two countries that brought them to the brink of war earlier this year. International leaders have praised the deal.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Kenya to hold free and fair elections during a meeting in Nairobi Saturday. The general election in March will be the first since 2007, when a disputed poll descended into bloody violence.
Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi swore in the country's new cabinet of ministers on Thursday. Top judge Ahmed Mekky took up the post of justice minister in the country's first government since the fall of Hosni Mubarak.
In an effort to contain a lethal Ebola outbreak in Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni made a public announcement Monday advising people to avoid basic bodily contact such as shaking hands to limit exposure to the virus, which has already killed 14.
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara (pictured) said Sunday that West African leaders are preparing a new request for military intervention in Mali to the UN Security Council. Al-Qaeda-linked rebels have overrun vast swathes of northern Mali.
