October 10, 2018 Moroccan girl tells judge about alleged gang rape, torture A 17-year-old Moroccan girl whose alleged gang rape and forcible tattooing sparked a public outcry has confronted in court the only minor among the 12 suspects accused of assaulting and torturing her.
October 10, 2018 Egyptian police detain son of jailed former president Egyptian police detained the youngest son of jailed former president Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday without giving a reason, the family said, adding that they fear he'll be held indefinitely.
October 10, 2018 #BringBackOurGirls activist runs for Nigeria's presidency The woman who led the global campaign to free Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists is now running for president, saying she is fighting for "the soul" of Africa's most populous nation.
October 9, 2018 Egyptian investigators in Libya to question wanted militant Eager to access valuable intelligence for its fight against militants, Egyptian military investigators were in Libya on Tuesday to join their counterparts interrogating the most wanted militant in Egypt, who was captured this week by a Cairo-allied Libyan force.
October 9, 2018 Russia sends troops and missiles into Libya in bid to enforce stranglehold on the West Russia is moving troops and missiles into Libya in a bid to enforce a new stranglehold on the West, British prime minister Theresa May has been warned.
October 8, 2018 Cameroon opposition leader claims victory; results not given As Cameroon electoral workers counted votes, an opposition candidate proclaimed himself the victor of the nation's election, despite warnings from the electoral commission that only the Constitutional Council can legally announce the winner of the presidential race.
October 8, 2018 South African finance minister criticized after testimony South Africa's finance minister on Monday faced calls to resign after he acknowledged visiting the home of a business family linked to alleged corruption under former president Jacob Zuma.
October 8, 2018 Missing Saudi journalist once a voice of reform in kingdom Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist who disappeared last week after a visit to his country's consulate in Turkey, was once a Saudi insider.