Insecurity in the copper-rich Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a "serious concern," the outgoing head of the UN peacekeeping mission has said.

Suspected members of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram have launched attacks on a school and a military checkpoint in the northeast of the country that have left 11 people dead.

Sudan Foreign Ministry spokesman has announced the country’s agreement with the proposals tabled by the African Union (AU) to resolve tensions with South Sudan.

Militants have shot and killed a Judge in the eastern Libyan city of Derna a few weeks after courts resumed their activities in the militancy stronghold.

Upper House of Egypt Parliament has decided to resend a bill on political rights to the country’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) after including a series of amendments in the bill.

The former South African president and anti-apartheid icon, Nelson Mandela, has been ‘recovering well’ in hospital, his grandson says.

Southern African leaders have called on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to extend a July 31 deadline to hold general elections.

Egypt is cutting off all diplomatic relations with Syria and closing the Syrian Embassy in Cairo, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has announced.

Heavily-armed gunmen have attacked a checkpoint manned by Egyptian security forces in the volatile Sinai Peninsula, security sources say.

Egyptian intelligence forces have detained a man on charges of collaboration with Israel’s Mossad secret service for two years.

Amnesty International says Malian forces are detaining children, who were recruited as soldiers by armed groups during a French-led war on the country, along with adults.

At least six Libyan soldiers have been killed in the eastern city of Benghazi, where Libyan special forces have clashed with armed protesters after the demonstrators attacked army and police building.

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s M23 rebels have accused the government in Kinshasa of refusing to negotiate to establish peace in the eastern DRC.

Ninety-three South African soldiers have been disciplined for offenses committed while deployed in a United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ethiopia’s parliament has approved a measure to push ahead with its Nile River dam project, while changing a colonial-era deal that gave Egypt and Sudan majority stake in the great river.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has announced plans for a nationwide presidential election at the end of July, despite objections from the prime minister.

South Africa has reached an agreement with Libya to return more than 1 billion US dollars in assets stashed in the country by former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Sudan has blamed rebels based in South Sudan for a blast and fire in its Diffra oil field in the disputed Abyei area, claimed by Khartoum and Juba.

Former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak and his family have agreed to return gifts worth a total of $600,000 they had received illegally from a former minister.

A shooting has taken place near a college in the Nigerien capital city, Niamey, the country’s defense minister says.

Tuareg rebels in Mali are ready to sign a peace deal with the government, an informed source says.

The United Nation has expressed grave concern over the recruitment of child soldiers by rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Egypt's main opposition bloc, the National Salvation Front, has rejected President Mohamed Morsi's call for national unity talks, saying it was “too late” for such negotiations.

The United Nations Refugee Agency says fighting in South Sudan's Jonglei State has displaced tens of thousands of people.

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has warned Ethiopia “all options are open on the table” to Egypt if the Ethiopian dam over Nile jeopardizes the country’s water security, Press TV reports.

Former South African President and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is reportedly still in a critical but stable condition in hospital, receiving intensive care for recurrence of lung infection.

A Cairo criminal court has ordered the release of ousted Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak’s sons who are standing trial on corruption charges and illicit gains.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed former German diplomat Martin Kobler as his special envoy to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Libya is targeted by imperialist efforts to disintegrate the North African country in the absence of unity among Libyan political factions, a political analyst tells Press TV.

Egyptians plan to stage nationwide demonstrations for and against President Mohamed Morsi on the anniversary of his taking office on June 30th, Press TV reports.

South Sudan army has urged Sudan to remain committed to their bilateral security pact to avoid outbreak of armed confrontation between the two African nations.

A court in Cairo has resumed the trial of former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak and his two sons over their involvement in the violent crackdown during the North African country’s 2011 revolution.

Unidentified armed men have killed a police officer in Egypt’s volatile Sinai Peninsula, security officials say.

Libyan army chief of staff Youssef al-Mangoush has tendered his resignation after deadly unrest killed more than two dozen people in the eastern city of Benghazi.

Eighteen people have been killed in gun battles between rival militias fighting for control of the Somali port city of Kismayo.

Nearly 30 people have been killed and several others injured in clashes between protesters and armed militiamen in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, Libyan officials say.

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has ordered the stoppage of oil transfers through Sudanese territory from South Sudan, saying the government of President Salva Kiir is supporting rebels in Sudan.

A court in Cairo has postponed the second hearing in the retrial of Egypt’s ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak and his senior officials until next Monday.

South African President Jacob Zuma's office says former President and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is transferred to hospital, as his lung infection deteriorates.

Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi has dismissed calls for early presidential elections.