March 27, 2017 Death toll in attack on South Sudan aid workers rises to 7 The death toll of an attack on aid workers in South Sudan has risen to seven, with the news that the driver also died.
March 27, 2017 Nigeria and Poland seek to develop economic, military ties The foreign minister of Nigeria is in Poland in an effort to develop economic, military and security ties with the fast-growing economy in central Europe.
March 27, 2017 With eye toward Trump, Arab leaders to seek consensus With an eye toward Washington, leaders of a fractured and conflict-ridden Arab world hold their annual summit this week, seeking common positions and possible leverage as President Donald Trump weighs his approach toward the region.
March 26, 2017 Egypt sentences 56 in migrant boat disaster case An Egyptian court has sentenced 56 defendants in the case of a boat carrying migrants that capsized off the coastal city of Rosetta in September, killing more than 200 people.
March 25, 2017 Moroccan premier forms government, ending 5-month crisis Morocco's new Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani has succeeded in building a governing coalition, ending a five-month political deadlock after just eight days in office.
March 25, 2017 East African bloc: Members to allow Somali refugees to work East Africa's regional bloc says it gradually will allow the hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees sheltering in its countries to work and will include them in planning efforts.
March 25, 2017 Congolese militia decapitates more than 40 police: Officials A local official says a Congolese militia group has decapitated 42 policemen after ambushing them in Central Kasai province, which has seen a spike in deadly violence in recent months.
March 25, 2017 3 soldiers dead as armed men attack northern Mali army base Local officials in Mali say three soldiers have been killed and four others injured in an attack by armed men on a military post in the country's north.
March 25, 2017 Roadside bomb kills 3 policemen in Egypt's Sinai Egyptian security officials say a roadside bomb planted by suspected Islamic militants has hit a police armored vehicle in the north of the Sinai peninsula, killing three members of the security forces.