May 5, 2019 UN calls for weeklong truce in Libya's Tripoli The U.N. mission to Libya is calling for a weeklong cease-fire in the capital, Tripoli, where forces loyal to a military commander are battling militias loosely allied with a U.N.-supported government.
May 5, 2019 Algeria military court jails ex-leader's brother, 2 generals The influential brother of former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and two generals once in charge of intelligence have been jailed while under investigation for plotting against the state, a military tribunal said Sunday.
May 5, 2019 2 French tourists go missing in Benin near Burkina Faso Authorities in the West African nation of Benin say that two French tourists are feared to have been kidnapped in a wildlife park near the border with Burkina Faso.
May 5, 2019 Sudan protester dies after clashes at Darfur sit-in A Sudanese protester has died after being shot during clashes with security forces at a sit-in in the western Darfur region.
May 5, 2019 South Africa's election campaigning peaks in Johannesburg Campaigning for South Africa's upcoming election have reached a climax Sunday with mass rallies by the ruling party and one of its most potent challengers.
May 4, 2019 Brother of Algeria's ex-president reported detained A security official in Algeria says the influential brother of the country's former longtime president has been detained for questioning.
May 4, 2019 Sudan protesters say security attempted to break up sit-in The organizers of the protests that drove former Sudan president Omar al-Bashir from power say security forces have attempted to forcefully break up a sit-in in the Darfur region.
May 4, 2019 Libyan officials: Militant attack kills 9 troops at LNA base Islamic State militants on Saturday killed at least nine soldiers in an attack on a training camp for the self-styled Libyan National Army in the country's southwestern desert, officials said.
May 4, 2019 South Africa sweeps into final election campaign weekend South Africa's political parties are sweeping into the final weekend of campaigning ahead of Wednesday's election in which the ruling African National Congress might find its greatest challenge from within.
May 4, 2019 Young voters eager for change in South Africa's election At 24, Abetse Mashigo was born a year after South Africa's brutal apartheid system was dismantled.