Egypt's first female Christian governor assumes office

President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi of Egypt on Thursday swore in 21 New Provincial Governors, including the First Female Governor from the country's minority Christian Community.Manal Mikhail has been a…

Tunisia prime minister dismisses energy minister on corruption suspicions

Tunisia's Prime Minister Youssef Chahed sacked the energy minister, Khaled Gadour, and four other senior officials linked to that ministry on Friday over corruption accusations, an official source sa…

Military helicopter crashes killing 18

An Ethiopian military helicopter crashed on Thursday, killing all 18 people on board, the state-affiliated Fana Broadcast Corporate reported.The aircraft crashed on a flight between the eastern city …

Clashes escalate in Libya's capital, killing 26

A Libyan official says fighting between rival militias in the capital has killed at least 26 people, including civilians.Widad Abu Niran, a Health Ministry spokesman, said Thursday that another 75 pe…

At least 10 killed in South Africa bus crash

At least ten people died after a bus traveling from South Africa's Cape Town to the Eastern Cape overturned in the early hours of Thursday morning, traffic officials said.The accident occurred at aro…

Kenya's anti-corruption court rejects High Court's order to suspend Deputy Chief Justice trial

The chief magistrate of Kenya's anti-corruption court, Lawrence Mugambi, has rejected an order by the High Court to stop the prosecution of Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu.He said the order cont…

South African police evacuate mall over bomb threat

Shoppers were evacuated from the Mall of Africa, one of South Africa's largest shopping complexes, on Wednesday as police searched for a bomb after receiving a threat, police said.The mall, located b…

Kenyan court halts criminal action against deputy chief justice

The criminal trial of a Kenyan top judge has been temporarily halted by the country's High Court on Wednesday.Deputy chief justice Philomena Mwilu was arrested by police on Tuesday and charged on sus…

Blast kills 7 security personnel in Burkina Faso

Seven members of the security forces were killed early Tuesday after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in eastern Burkina Faso, security sources said.The fatalities were gendarmes and troops who h…

Kenya's deputy chief justice arrested, to face criminal charges

Kenya's deputy chief justice Philomena Mwilu was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of corruption, failure to pay tax, and improper dealings with a local bank now in receivership, the police and the co…

Top jihadist leader 'killed in Mali'

A top jihadist leader from the Islamic State group's West Africa affiliate has been killed in an airstrike in Mali, France's military has said.Commandos deployed to the ground after the airstrike con…

South Sudan's rebel leader refuses to sign peace deal

Despite growing hope that sustainable peace may soon return to South Sudan after both parties in the Sudanese war holding talks for weeks, rebel leader Riek Machara on Tuesday refused to sign a final…

One killed, three injured in rival militia groups clash - Police

Police on Monday said that one person was killed and three injured in clashes between rival militias in the Libyan Capital Tripoli, Police said.Tripoli's police department said that random shells fel…

Ugandan musician-turned-lawmaker charged with treason granted bail

A Ugandan court has granted bail to a former Afropop star-turned-opposition lawmaker Bobi Wine, who is currently facing charges of treason.The charges stemmed from his alleged role in an attack on Pr…

Uganda ex-police boss charged over illegal repatriations

Uganda's former powerful police chief General Kale Kayihura has been charged before a court martial in the capital, Kampala, with abetting the illegal repatriation of Rwandan refugees and dissidents …

Zimbabwe court set to rule on presidential election petition

Zimbabwe's top court will on Friday decide whether President Emmerson Mnangagwa's disputed July 30 election victory should stand against complaints by his main rival that it was rigged.The election, …

Five bodies of migrants recovered by coast guard

Tunisia's coast guard said it recovered the bodies of five migrants on Thursday whose boat sank as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to the Italian island of Lampedusa.Crews were now searching fo…

Gunmen attack checkpoint in western Libya, killing four

At least four people were killed in a gun attack by suspected militants on a checkpoint east of the Libyan capital Tripoli on Thursday, a local official and a resident said.The attack took place betw…

Mali's constitutional court confirms Keita as Presidential election winner

Mali's constitutional court on Monday confirmed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's re-election in a run-off ballot, rejecting fraud accusations by the opposition candidate.The decision clears the way…

South Africa begins probe of corruption in Zuma era

A judicial inquiry into alleged corruption at the top of government in South Africa is scheduled to open on Monday when the first public hearings begin.The hearings by a panel led by the country's se…