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May 21, 2019

Sudan generals, protesters split on who will lead transition

Sudan's ruling generals and protesters behind months of mass demonstrations that drove autocrat Omar al-Bashir from power are divided over who will lead the country during its transition period.

May 21, 2019

Italian minister says immigrant accused of arson deaths

Italy's interior minister says an immigrant from North Africa has been arrested for an arson fire at a police station in northern Italy that killed two and injured more than a dozen.

May 21, 2019

Hifter's rule brings security to eastern Libya, at a cost

Libya's eastern city of Benghazi finally feels safe again, after years of assassinations, bombings and militia firefights — but security has come at a heavy cost.

May 21, 2019

Voters in Malawi go to polls to elect president, parliament

Voting has started in in Malawi to elect a new president and 193 members of parliament.

May 20, 2019

UN chief: Somalia making progress but must tackle extremism

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Somalia is making progress toward building a functioning state but must tackle violent extremism, terrorism, armed conflict, political instability and corruption.

May 20, 2019

UN: Armed group closed water supply valves in Libya capital

The U.N. says an armed group has stormed the main water distribution station in Libya's capital and closed valves supplying Tripoli and cities in the northwest, potentially affecting some 2 million people.

May 20, 2019

7 dead in southern Mali after attack near Burkina Faso

Authorities in Mali say at least seven people are dead after an attack in Koury, near the West African country's troubled border with Burkina Faso.

May 20, 2019

Prominent Congolese politician Katumbi returns from exile

A prominent Congolese businessman and onetime presidential hopeful has returned home after three years in political exile.

May 20, 2019

No deal but Sudanese army, protesters will keep talking

Sudan's ruling generals and protesters behind months of mass demonstrations that drove autocrat Omar al-Bashir from power have failed to strike a deal but agree to keep talking.

May 20, 2019

Egypt says after bus attack, 12 militants killed in Cairo

Egypt says security forces killed 12 members of a militant group with suspected links to the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in shootouts in Cairo, just hours after a roadside bomb struck a tourist bus near the Giza Pyramids, wounding at least 17.