January 18, 2017 Video posted of sexual assault sparks outrage in Somalia A video showing four men sexually assaulting a young woman has sparked outrage across Somalia.
January 18, 2017 IMF says Egypt is progressing well with economic reform plan The International Monetary Fund says Egypt is making progress with its economic reform program, although it will still take time to improve living standards for the whole population.
January 18, 2017 Reports: police question Istanbul nightclub attacker Turkish media reports say police in Istanbul have begun questioning a suspected Islamic State militant accused of killing 39 people during a New Year's attack on an Istanbul nightclub.
January 18, 2017 Ivory Coast seeks end to unrest as gunfire cuts off port Gunfire cut off access to Ivory Coast's largest commercial port on Wednesday as officials pleaded with security forces to end the unrest that has shaken Africa's fastest-growing economy and threatened a return to instability.
January 18, 2017 Death toll rises to 50 after suicide attack in northern Mali, dozens injured At least 50 people were killed and several dozen injured after an explosives-laden vehicle targeted a camp housing armed groups in northern Mali, a local official said Wednesday.
January 18, 2017 Group: Mali civilians threatened by extremism, banditry Human Rights Watch says Mali's government is failing to protect civilians in its northern and central regions from Islamic extremists who killed dozens of people last year while pressuring families to give up their children to jihad.
January 18, 2017 4 more Gambia ministers resign, flee country as crisis grows Gambia's longtime leader Yahya Jammeh has lost four more of his ministers after they resigned and fled to neighboring Senegal.
January 17, 2017 Nigeria: Military jet mistakenly bombs refugees, aid workers Nigeria's military says a fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists has mistakenly bombed refugees and aid workers, killing and wounding an unknown number of civilians.
January 17, 2017 Nigeria mistakenly bombs refugee camp, kills more than 100, official says A Nigerian air force fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists mistakenly bombed a refugee camp on Tuesday, killing more than 100 refugees and aid workers and wounding 200, a government official and doctors said.
January 17, 2017 Al-Shabab video appears to show killing of Ugandan soldier Somalia's al-Shabab extremist group has released a video that appears to show the killing of a Ugandan soldier who had been held captive since an attack on an African Union peacekeeping base in 2015.