March 28, 2017 Italy, Greece reach migrant saturation point, Italy says some NGO boats work with smugglers The two southern European countries that absorb nearly all boat-borne refugees from North Africa and Turkey are taking steps to halt the arrivals, with both saying they have reached their limit.
March 28, 2017 Israel warns citizens against visiting Egypt's Sinai Israel has issued a severe travel warning to its citizens advising against visiting Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
March 28, 2017 South African finance minister pulled from overseas tour South Africa's finance minister returned to Johannesburg on Tuesday after being abruptly ordered to pull out of a trade promotion trip to Britain and the United States, fuelling investor fears that he is about to be fired by President Jacob Zuma.
March 28, 2017 South African anti-apartheid leader Ahmed Kathrada dies, 87 Anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada, who spent 26 years in jail -- many of them alongside Nelson Mandela -- for acts of sabotage against South Africa's previous white minority government, died in Johannesburg on Tuesday morning at 87.
March 27, 2017 Six killed in plane crash near Zimbabwe-Mozambique border A small plane crashed Monday near the border between Zimbabwe and Mozambique, killing all six people on board.
March 27, 2017 Sudan's al-Bashir to attend Jordan summit despite warrant Sudan's official news agency says President Omar al-Bashir will attend Wednesday's Arab Summit in Jordan, despite a long-standing warrant for his arrest by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and genocide.
March 27, 2017 Nigerian governor jailed for corruption on bail A former Nigerian governor sentenced to five years' jail for corruption has been granted bail to seek medical care after just 20 days in prison.
March 27, 2017 31 militants killed in attack by Kenya's military in Somalia Kenya's military says it has killed 31 al-Shabab extremists in a raid in Baadhade district in southern Somalia.
March 27, 2017 South African man, 22, in court for axe murder of his family A 22-year-old South African man appeared in court Monday on charges of murdering three members of his family with an axe in their home outside Cape Town in January 2015.
March 27, 2017 The Latest: Jordan says Arabs must unite to address crises The Latest on the Arab Summit held in Jordan (all times local): 1:50 p.m.