The Muslim Brotherhood has urged Egyptians to rally behind their presidential candidate in an almost certain run-off with rival Ahmed Shafiq, warning the country would be in danger if fallen dictator Hosni Mubarak's premier wins.
Pope Shenouda III, the charismatic patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt for four decades, who expanded its presence worldover and worked to keep peace between the Christians and Muslims at home, has died at the age of 88 after battling liver and lung problems for years.
Uganda will head a new four-nation military force to capture Joseph Kony, the fugitive warlord whose global profile has soared in recent days due to a celebrity-backed internet campaign to bring him to justice.
President Jose Ramos Horta, who campaigned tirelessly for East Timor's independence for more than two decades and then went on to help steer the new, young nation, conceded defeat on Monday after a poor showing in weekend elections.
A car bomb exploded in the heart of the Somalian capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, wounding two people and triggering bursts of gunfire from police, witnesses said.
Renegade Mali soldiers today claimed they had seized power from an "incompetent regime," announcing on television they had suspended the constitution and dissolved state institutions.
The African Union (AU), backed by the United States, has put together a 5,000-strong military force to hunt down fugitive warlord Joseph Kony, whose profile has shot up following a celebrity-backed campaign against him.
An hours-long gun battle raged in a northern Nigerian city that's the spiritual home of a radical Islamist sect, and a car bomb exploded during a gun fight with members of the group in another city in the restive region, authorities said. At least six people were killed.
At least 19 people were killed and 32 others injured when a bus fell into a ravine in western Algeria early on Sunday, the official APS news agency reported.
The Israeli foreign ministry decided today to cut contact with the United Nations Human Rights Council after it said last week it would investigate Israeli settlements, a spokesman said.
A deep rift between Egypt's ruling military leaders and the radical Muslim Brotherhood, which dominates the post-Mubarak era Parliament, indicates that the country is headed toward a state of political crisis, presidential hopeful Amr Moussa has said.
A BRICS development bank will be very useful, particularly to Africa, but a major challenge that may come on its way is aligning the interest of the member countries, said experts.
Western governments have been encouraging Egypt’s nascent political powers to consider offering the military generals currently running the country immunity against prosecution, according to the Muslim Brotherhood.
At least 16 people were killed today in new clashes between the Toubou people and Arab tribesmen in the southern Libyan desert oasis of Sabha, local and medical sources told AFP.
At least one person was killed and 14 others were wounded in explosions in a restaurant in the Kenyan city of Mombasa and in the nearby town of Mtwapa, police said.