March 16, 2017 Somalia's new leader declares drought national disaster Somalia's new president has declared a national disaster for a drought that threatens millions of people and is creating fears of a full-blown famine.
March 16, 2017 Amnesty says Yemeni rebels recruit fighters as young as 15 A rights group says Yemen's Houthi rebels are recruiting fighters as young as 15, including by using religious schools to lure teenagers into their ranks without their parents' knowledge.
March 16, 2017 Islamic State claims failed suicide attack in Algeria Algerian authorities are trying to confirm the identity of a failed suicide bomber who attacked a police station in the city of Constantine.
March 16, 2017 Egyptian police arrest 22 over riot in coastal city Security officials say police have arrested 22 people after hundreds went on a rampage in Egypt's coastal city of Port Said to protest death sentences for 10 residents for their part in a deadly 2012 soccer riot.
March 16, 2017 No $5 million African leadership award this year, group says Once again, there is no winner of a $5 million award for African leadership.
March 16, 2017 IS militants abduct 4 alleged informants in Egypt, killing 2 Egyptian security officials and a tribal leader say that Islamic State militants in the volatile northern Sinai region have abducted four civilians accused of cooperating with the military and killed at least two of them.
March 16, 2017 UN welcomes Moroccan pullout from Western Sahara buffer area The United Nations is welcoming the pullout of Moroccan security forces from the tense border strip in southern Western Sahara and is calling on the Polisario Front independence movement to also withdraw its fighters.
March 16, 2017 The Latest: Greek coast guard searches for migrant boat The Latest on the flow of migrants into Europe (all times local): 4:25 p.m.
March 16, 2017 Telecom giant MTN lists 2016 losses from Nigeria fine, forex African telecommunications giant MTN is warning shareholders to expect big losses due to a $1 billion regulatory fine in Nigeria, damaging foreign exchange rates and a black economic empowerment share offering in South Africa.
March 16, 2017 UN: Attack helicopters halt Central African Republic rebels The United Nations says its forces used attack helicopters to subdue rebels in Central African Republic.