April 19, 2017 Hundreds protest in Uganda capital against Chinese traders Hundreds of traders in Uganda's capital are protesting what they call unfair competition from Chinese investors operating retail businesses.
April 19, 2017 Egypt policeman dies in gunmen attack near Sinai monastery Egyptian officials say gunmen opened fire on a police checkpoint near the famed Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai, killing one policeman and wounding four.
April 19, 2017 South Sudan refugees take 13 UN Congo mission staff hostage The United Nations mission in Congo says unarmed South Sudanese refugees have taken 13 staffers hostage at a U.N.
April 18, 2017 ISIS claims attack on police checkpoint near renowned Egypt monastery The Islamic State (ISIS) extremist group has claimed responsibility for an attack on an Egyptian police checkpoint near the famed Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai late Tuesday which authorities said killed one policeman and wounded four.
April 18, 2017 4 soldiers killed in attack on northern Mali army camp A Malian army spokesman says armed men have attacked an army camp in the country's north, killing at least four soldiers and wounding another.
April 18, 2017 Burkina Faso police stage nationwide protest over corruption Burkina Faso police have staged a nationwide protest, calling it the first in a series of peaceful demonstrations against corruption and a lack of transparency among their leaders.
April 18, 2017 Ethiopia says 669 killed in months of violent protests The government-affiliated Ethiopian Human Rights Commission says 669 people were killed in several months of violence that led to the country's current state of emergency.
April 18, 2017 Is UNICEF helping all the child victims of peacekeeper sex abuse? An investigation by the Swedish public television network SVT has reopened the issue with charges that the U.N.’s child relief agency UNICEF failed to follow up with care and support for some of the handful of children mentioned in the original investigative report of the so-called Sangaris scandal.
April 18, 2017 Nigeria says capital airport reopening after runway repairs Nigeria's government says the international airport in its capital is reopening after six weeks of repairs to the runway, which experts had said was in shocking disrepair.
April 18, 2017 Zimbabwe marks 37 years of independence amid economic crisis Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has marked the country's 37th anniversary of independence with a call for tranquility even as the economy has collapsed to the point where livestock is being accepted in place of cash.