April 14, 2017 8 police officers killed by unknown gunmen in Tanzania Officials say eight Tanzanian police officers have been ambushed and killed while returning from patrol outside the commercial hub of Dar es Salaam.
April 13, 2017 British official: South Sudan violence is tribal genocide A senior British official says she believes the violence in South Sudan is now genocide that is being perpetrated along tribal lines.
April 13, 2017 Jailed Uganda critic resists forced psychiatric exam: Lawyer A lawyer for a Ugandan academic detained for calling the country's president "a pair of buttocks" says there has been an attempt to forcibly carry out a psychiatric evaluation of his client.
April 13, 2017 Libyan coast guard says 97 missing after migrant boat sinks The Libyan coast guard says 97 migrants are missing and believed drowned after their Europe-bound boat sank on a perilous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea.
April 13, 2017 Libyan coast guard says 97 missing after migrant boat sinks The Libyan coast guard says 97 migrants are missing and believed drowned after their Europe-bound boat sank on a perilous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea.
April 13, 2017 Indian sailors freed from Somali pirates on way home A Somali official says 10 Indian sailors rescued from pirates have left Somalia's waters under the escort of an Indian navy vessel.
April 13, 2017 Ethiopia sentences rebels accused of threatening massive dam Ethiopia's government says 10 rebels who attacked vehicles headed to a massive dam project and killed nine people have been sentenced to prison.
April 13, 2017 Nigeria: Talks with Boko Haram continue over Chibok girls Nigeria's government says negotiations continue for the release of the remaining Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped three years ago by Boko Haram extremists.
April 13, 2017 20 killed in fire at Muslim spiritual retreat in Senegal Senegal's government says at least 20 people have been killed in a fire while attending a Muslim spiritual retreat in the eastern part of the country.
April 13, 2017 Germany favors ban on boat exports to Libya to stop migrants The German government says it would support a ban on the export of boats from the European Union to Libya as part of measures to stem the flow of migrants across the Mediterranean.