April 10, 2019 Cyclone Idai's death toll now above 1,000 in southern Africa The death toll from the cyclone that ripped into southern Africa last month is now above 1,000.
April 10, 2019 Sudan's ruling party calls for rally to support president Sudan's state news agency says the country's ruling party will organize a rally this week in support of embattled President Omar al-Bashir, who has weathered four months of protests calling for his resignation.
April 10, 2019 South Sudan president, opposition leader to meet at Vatican The Vatican has invited South Sudan's president and opposition leader for a two-day spiritual retreat meant to foster peace and build confidence in a fragile peace deal after the country's five-year civil war.
April 10, 2019 Egypt officials: 4 policemen killed in 2 Sinai attacks Egyptian security officials say two separate attacks have killed three police conscripts and an officer in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula.
April 10, 2019 AFP says Algerian government expelled its bureau chief The Agence France-Press news agency said the Algerian authorities have expelled its bureau chief amid nationwide protests against the government.
April 10, 2019 Singapore seizes more pangolin scales in week's 2nd bust Singapore has seized 14 tons of pangolin scales belonging to around 21,000 endangered mammals in the second such bust in less than a week.
April 10, 2019 In a first, Bedouin women lead tours in Egypt's Sinai Amid a stunning vista of desert mountains, a Bedouin woman, Umm Yasser, paused to point out a local plant, and she began to explain how it was used in medicine to the group of foreign tourists she was guiding.
April 9, 2019 South Sudan opposition leader blocked from Vatican meeting South Sudan opposition leader Riek Machar is still waiting for permission to travel to a peace retreat at the Vatican on Wednesday, according to a letter seen by The Associated Press.
April 9, 2019 Medical charity: Nurse killed in Central African Republic Doctors Without Borders says one of its health workers has been killed by an armed group in Central African Republic.
April 9, 2019 Egypt officials: attack kills 4 police, 2 civilians in Sinai Egyptian security officials say four policemen and two civilians have been killed in a suicide bombing in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula.