Kenya's attack death toll rises to 27, policeman among dead
2014-06-16 16:20:16
Kenyan police on Monday confirmed that at least 27 people including a policeman were killed and an unconfirmed number of others were injured in Sunday night's attack in the coastal town of Mpeketoni in eastern Kenya.
Suicide attack kills 2 in Libya's Benghazi
2014-06-12 13:26:35
A suicide bomber on Wednesday night blew himself up outside Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, leaving at least two dead and several others injured, according to police sources.
Egypt arrests 7 for attacks on women
2014-06-11 07:17:43
Egyptian authorities have arrested seven men for sexually harassing women near Cairo's Tahrir Square while thousands celebrated the inauguration of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.
Confronting poverty, with cash
2014-06-10 17:14:28
A curious phenomenon has been recorded in some parts of Africa: people are becoming happier.At an April “expert consultation” in Cape Town hosted by the South African government, the African Union and UNICEF, presentations were given which included an uplifting set of findings.
Sisi sworn in as Egypt's president
2014-06-08 16:40:48
Egypt's former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was sworn in on Sunday as president for a four-year term, taking the reins of power in a nation roiled since 2011 by deadly unrest and economic woes.
Egypt sentences 10 Brotherhood members to death
2014-06-07 17:46:16
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced a total of ten Muslim Brotherhood members to death over the charges of inciting violence and murder after the ouster of the country's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi last July.
Suspected militants kill 42 in northeast Nigeria
2014-06-06 10:02:38
Suspected Islamist militants dressed as soldiers rounded up and killed at least 42 villagers in northeastern Nigeria, as an escalating insurgency increasingly targets civilians, a police source said.
Gunmen kill Swiss worker, attack PM's office in Libya
2014-06-06 07:09:44
Gunmen in Libya shot dead a Swiss national working for the International Committee of the Red Cross, fired a grenade at the prime minister's office and tried to kill a renegade general in a series of attacks on Wednesday.
Hundreds killed in Boko Haram attack
2014-06-06 07:09:44
Boko Haram militants dressed as soldiers slaughtered at least 200 civilians in three communities in northeastern Nigeria, in massacres the military did nothing to stop despite warnings that an attack was imminent, witnesses said on Thursday.
Reports: Generals convicted of arming Boko Haram
2014-06-05 07:01:11
Ten generals and five other senior military officers have been found guilty in courts-martial of providing arms and information to Boko Haram extremists, several Nigerian newspapers said on Tuesday, though the military insisted there was no truth in the reports.
Profile: Egyptian president-elect Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
2014-06-04 15:00:09
Egyptian Presidential Election Commission announced Tuesday that former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won the latest presidential election with 96.91 percent of the vote and will become the new president of the most populous Arab state.
Egypt's Sisi officially declared president
2014-06-04 10:10:26
Egypt's presidential election commission officially announced ex-military chief Abdel- Fattah al-Sisi to be the new president of the most populous Arab state.