March 24, 2017 Key events in the life of the ousted Egyptian president Key events in the life of the ousted Egyptian president, who has been released from detention and returned home.
March 24, 2017 Burkina Faso forces kill key jihadist, arrest others Burkina Faso's government says its military forces have killed a key jihadist and arrested 18 others in the country's north, close to the West African nation's border with Mali.
March 24, 2017 International court orders reparations for Congo attack The International Criminal Court has awarded symbolic reparations of $250 each to nearly 300 people who lost relatives, property or livestock or suffered psychological harm in a deadly attack on a Congolese village in 2003.
March 24, 2017 UN's South Sudan inquiry gets wider powers to pursue abuses The United Nations commission of inquiry for South Sudan now has broader powers to pursue human rights abuses in the country's civil war.
March 24, 2017 Somali pirates seize trawler, likely for hijackings: Police Police say Somali pirates have seized a fishing trawler owned by a local businessman and forced the mostly foreign crew to disembark.
March 24, 2017 Car bomb near Somalia presidential palace kills 1, hurts 2 A police official says a car bomb blast near a restaurant and hotel in Somalia's capital has killed at least one person and wounded two others.
March 24, 2017 Ex-Egypt leader Mubarak returns home after years-long detention Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak returned home on Friday, free following his release from custody after legal proceedings that took years since his 2011 ouster.
March 24, 2017 Gambia to set up truth commission and offer reparations Gambia says it will set up a truth and reconciliation commission to look into crimes committed by the former regime, and it will offer to pay reparations to victims.
March 23, 2017 UN chief accuses South Sudan's government of ignoring famine Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is accusing South Sudan's government of refusing to express "any meaningful concern" about the plight of 100,000 people suffering from famine, 7.5 million in need of humanitarian aid and thousands more fleeing fighting.
March 23, 2017 Police kill at least 1 student demonstrator in Sierra Leone Amnesty International says Sierra Leone security forces have killed at least one person and injured two others after opening fire on students demonstrating in the city of Bo.