April 25, 2017 Suicide bomber kills 4 tribesmen in Egypt's Sinai Egyptian security officials say an Islamic State suicide bomber has killed four members of a local tribe and wounded others in the northern Sinai Peninsula.
April 25, 2017 Tanzania expels country head of UN Development Program Tanzania's government has ordered the expulsion of the head of the United Nations Development Program in this East African country.
April 25, 2017 Egypt steps up security ahead of pope's visit Egypt has heightened security in the area around the Vatican residence in Cairo ahead of Pope Francis' visit this weekend, which comes weeks after suicide attacks on two churches killed dozens of people.
April 25, 2017 27 people killed in bus-trailer truck collision in Kenya Kenyan police say 27 people have been killed in a collision between a passenger bus and a trailer truck.
April 25, 2017 South African suspect in ax murders is taken to crime scene A South African man on trial for allegedly murdering his father, mother and brother with an ax has returned under escort to the scene of the killings.
April 25, 2017 Pope tells Egypt ahead of visit he comes as peace messenger Pope Francis has told the Egyptian people he is coming to Cairo this week as a friend and a "messenger of peace." In a videotaped message released on Tuesday, Francis also says he hopes the pilgrimage will "be an embrace of consolation and of encouragement to all Christians in the Middle East." Twin bombings of Coptic Christian churches in Egypt on Palm Sunday this month killed 44 people.
April 25, 2017 17 women dead as fishing boat capsizes in central Senegal A Senegalese radio station says 17 women have drowned and at least 40 others are injured after their boat capsized near a village in central Senegal.
April 25, 2017 Smugglers become a lifeline for the starving in South Sudan Sadiq Mohammed climbs into the cab of a truck that looks more like a nightclub than a smuggler's perch.
April 24, 2017 Egypt's tourism officials insist popular sites are safe Egypt's tourism levels are still around a third of what they once were, and despite security concerns Egypt's tourism minister insists the country's popular Red Sea resorts and Ancient Egyptian sites are "safe" and "airports are secure".
April 24, 2017 International court unseals warrant against Libyan suspect The International Criminal Court has unsealed an arrest warrant issued four years ago for the former head of Libya's Internal Security Agency for torture and other crimes committed during the violent crackdown on anti-government protesters in 2011.