May 23, 2017 Egyptian agency says inflation has risen to 31.5 percent Egypt's statistics agency says inflation has risen to 31.5 percent with a spike in urban consumer prices in April.
May 23, 2017 Egypt says it's found burial chamber dating back 3,700 years Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities says a burial chamber dating back about 3,700 years has been found, attached to a recently discovered pyramid belonging to the 13th Dynasty.
May 23, 2017 Libya says its oil production tops 800,000 barrels per day Libya's national oil company says oil production in the violence-plagued country has exceeded 800,000 barrels a day for the first time since 2014.
May 23, 2017 South Africa rhino orphanage closes after poacher attack A South African rhino orphanage that closed after being attacked by poachers will be turned into a wildlife rehabilitation center.
May 23, 2017 Nigeria schoolgirls: Parents of freed Chibok girls still wait to see them Parents of the 82 Nigerian schoolgirls released over the weekend from Boko Haram captivity say they still await word from the government on when they will be able to see their daughters.
May 23, 2017 Tunisia orders army to protect businesses amid protests Tunisia's president has taken the unusual step of ordering the army to protect businesses struggling because of weeks of protests over unemployment and corruption.
May 23, 2017 Serbia's ambassador to Libya dies after car crash in Tunisia Serbia's foreign ministry says the country's ambassador to Libya, Oliver Potezica, has died after a car crash in Tunisia.
May 23, 2017 Police fire rubber bullets at Johannesburg protesters South African police have fired rubber bullets at rioters on the third day of street protests over government services in parts of Johannesburg.
May 23, 2017 South Sudan's ousted army chief says no retaliation in mind South Sudan's ousted army chief of staff says he has nothing to retaliate for, even as his abrupt removal put the military on alert after months of government infighting.
May 23, 2017 Uganda: Academic accused of insulting president gets bail A Ugandan court has released on bail a Ugandan academic who has been jailed for calling the president "a pair of buttocks." Stella Nyanzi, a research fellow at Uganda's Makerere University, has been in custody since April 7.