April 19, 2017 Archaeologists find 1,000 statues in tomb in Egypt's Luxor Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered more than 1,000 statues and 10 sarcophagi in an ancient noble's tomb on the west bank of the Nile River in Luxor.
April 19, 2017 53 arrested in Nigeria for celebrating gay wedding: Police Nigerian police say they have arrested 53 young men who celebrated a gay wedding and charged them with "belonging to a gang of unlawful society." Prosecuting officer Mannir Nasir told a court on Wednesday that the young men were arrested Saturday in the northern city of Zaria while attending a party organized for two men who got married last week.
April 19, 2017 Egypt police: Militant involved in monastery attack killed Egypt's Interior Ministry says police have tracked and killed one of the militants involved in an attack on a checkpoint near the famed Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai the previous night.
April 19, 2017 Ethiopia rejects UN, EU calls to investigate deadly protests Ethiopia's prime minister is rejecting requests by the United Nations and the European Union to investigate months of anti-government protests that left hundreds dead.
April 19, 2017 US woman released from Egypt prison after 3 years' detention The lawyer of Egyptian-American charity worker Aya Hijazi says she has been released from prison after nearly three years of detention.
April 19, 2017 Aid group says Cameroon expelling refugees to Nigeria The Doctors Without Borders aid group says it has witnessed Cameroon's military returning Nigerian refugees to their country as the number of people fleeing hunger and Boko Haram extremist violence there has mounted.
April 19, 2017 Zimbabwe opposition figures team up to challenge Mugabe Two major opposition figures in Zimbabwe have signed a pact pledging to work toward establishing a united front to challenge President Robert Mugabe in next year's elections.
April 19, 2017 Nigeria suspends intel chief over $43 million cash stash Nigeria's president has suspended the country's intelligence chief over the recent discovery of $43 million in cash in a Lagos apartment.
April 19, 2017 Another 17 mass graves found in central Congo, UN says Investigators have confirmed another 17 mass graves in central Congo, bringing the number to 40 discovered since clashes between soldiers and a local militia intensified in August, the United Nations human rights office said Wednesday, adding that Congolese soldiers reportedly killed at least 114 people, including 41 children.
April 19, 2017 Uganda pulls troops from mission to catch warlord Kony Uganda's military says it has started pulling its forces from Central African Republic, where troops had been pursuing one of Africa's most notorious fugitives, Joseph Kony.