January 24, 2017 Gambian lawmakers end country's week-old state of emergency Gambia's lawmakers have lifted the country's state of emergency and dismantled defeated leader Yahya Jammeh's final attempts to cling to power.
January 24, 2017 Liberia leader acknowledges failure in anti-corruption fight Liberia's president says her highly touted war on corruption has fallen short.
January 24, 2017 Egypt's el-Sissi says he is alarmed by high divorce rates Egypt's president says he is alarmed by his country's high divorce rates and is suggesting ground-breaking legislation to ban Muslim husbands from verbally declaring their spouses divorced.
January 24, 2017 South Sudan ambassador dismisses rift with Ethiopia South Sudan's ambassador to Ethiopia is dismissing reports that relations are strained between the two countries after President Salva Kiir visited Egypt and met with President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo earlier this month.
January 24, 2017 In Zimbabwe, losing husband can mean 'losing everything' For many Zimbabwean women, the death of a husband means much more than losing a spouse.
January 24, 2017 Turkish president lands in Mozambique for talks Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in Mozambique on an Africa tour in which he is promoting trade and asking governments to crack down on institutions linked to Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric accused of organizing a coup attempt last year.
January 24, 2017 Rights group faults Egypt for listing 1,500 on terror list An international rights group says an Egyptian court's decision to place more than 1,500 citizens on a terrorism watch list without trial or even prior notification is a "mockery of due process." Last week a court drew up the list of 1,538 names, including a soccer star, businessmen and journalists, accusing them of providing financial or logistical aid to the Muslim Brotherhood, which won a series of elections after Egypt's 2011 uprising but is now branded a terrorist group.
January 24, 2017 Indonesia probes alleged gun smuggling by peacekeeping unit Indonesian authorities are investigating allegations of weapons smuggling against dozens of its peacekeepers who were arrested in Sudan.
January 24, 2017 Eq. Guinea opposition denounces arrival of Gambia's Jammeh Equatorial Guinea's opposition has denounced the government's decision to welcome exiled Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, who flew to the Central African nation over the weekend after 22 years in power.