May 24, 2017 Kiir: South Sudan's ousted army chief 'in a fighting mood' South Sudan's president has ordered his ousted army chief of staff back to the capital as tensions rise between the two men accused of directing the country's civil war.
May 24, 2017 258 Nigerians deported from Libya return home, some in pain Authorities say hundreds of Nigerians deported from Libya have arrived back home, including one who sustained a gunshot wound.
May 24, 2017 Kenya: 2 quarry workers killed in suspected extremist attack A Kenyan government official says two quarry workers have been shot dead and one is missing in a suspected extremist attack in the northern county of Mandera.
May 24, 2017 Heavy gunfire in Ivory Coast in latest military unrest Witnesses say there is new military unrest in Ivory Coast's two largest cities involving some of the soldiers who were behind a mutiny in January.
May 24, 2017 Egypt's Islamic State affiliate claims deadly Sinai attack The Islamic State group in Egypt has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on local tribesmen this week in the restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula.
May 24, 2017 Ballet isolated in Egypt but it fires passions Ballet dancer Fady el-Nabarawy feels he can finally breathe again the moment he enters the gates of the Cairo Opera House after a commute from his ramshackle, poor neighborhood.
May 24, 2017 China's Silk Road forum latest effort to boost Xi's stature China will seek to burnish President Xi Jinping's stature as a statesman at a gathering centered on his signature foreign policy effort envisioning a future world order in which all roads lead to Beijing.
May 24, 2017 Latest fighting kills 37 people in Central African Republic A local Central African Republic branch of the Red Cross says that days of clashes in the central region have left at least 37 people dead and many displaced.
May 24, 2017 Nigeria negotiating with Boko Haram for more Chibok releases A Nigerian minister says the government is negotiating "seriously" for the release of the more than 110 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls still held by Boko Haram extremists.
May 24, 2017 $7.7 million bid for Sierra Leone 709-carat diamond fails A Sierra Leone official says a $7.7 million bid for a 709-carat diamond has failed because it didn't meet the government's target price.