April 30, 2019 UN welcomes momentum on Western Sahara, but parties at odds The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution welcoming "the new momentum" in efforts to end the decades-old dispute over the mineral-rich Western Sahara, but Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front remain at odds over its future.
April 30, 2019 Some 1,800 miners caught underground in South Africa South Africa's department of mineral resources says plans are underway to free a large number of miners caught underground by hoisting them up an adjoining shaft.
April 30, 2019 25 people killed in Boko Haram attack on Nigerian village Victims' relatives say suspected Boko Haram extremists attacked a village in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 25 people who had just returned home from a wedding.
April 30, 2019 Sudan's military rulers to protesters: No more 'chaos' Sudan's ruling military council on Tuesday warned protesters against any further "chaos" as organizers call for mass rallies later this week.
April 30, 2019 UN rights chief: Libya fighting endangers thousands of lives The U.N. human rights chief says thousands of lives are at risk in parts of conflict-ridden Libya, decrying an escalation of attacks in residential areas with artillery, rockets and airstrikes.
April 30, 2019 Islamist financier, 6 others get life sentences in Egypt Egypt has sentenced seven Muslim Brotherhood members, including one of the group's top financiers, to life in prison on charges of joining and funding a terrorist group.
April 30, 2019 'Incredibly difficult' to reach Mozambique cyclone survivors Rains are still pounding northern Mozambique after Cyclone Kenneth, while the United Nations says aid workers face "an incredibly difficult situation" in reaching thousands of survivors.
April 30, 2019 Italy's top leaders in Tunisia to shore up ties, security Italy's chief of government and an array of top ministers are visiting Tunisia, a leading strategic and economic partner whose shared concerns include migration and the North African country's unstable neighbor, Libya.
April 29, 2019 147 migrants land in Italy in UN-organized Libya evacuation A group of 147 asylum-seekers have arrived in Italy as part of a U.N.-backed humanitarian evacuation from Libya.
April 29, 2019 Pastor, 5 others killed in Burkina Faso church attack A Burkina Faso government spokesman says six people, including a pastor, have been killed in an attack on a Christian church in the country's north.