January 1, 2017 Spain: 1,100 migrants try to breach N. African border fence Spanish authorities say more than 50 Moroccan and Spanish border guards were injured repelling around 1,100 African migrants who attempted to storm a border fence and enter Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta.
January 1, 2017 Lone gunman kills Burundi's environment minister Officials say Burundi's environment minister has been shot dead, in a country where political turmoil over president Pierre Nkurunziza's extended term has led to political killings.
January 1, 2017 Boko Haram leader urges fighters: kill, slaughter and abduct Boko Haram's leader is urging his fighters to "kill, slaughter and abduct ...
December 31, 2016 Congo president to leave after 2017 vote under new deal Political parties in Congo have reached a deal that calls for President Joseph Kabila to leave power after the next election.
December 31, 2016 Egypt releases remains of Paris flight crew Egypt's Forensics Authority says it has released the remains of ten crew members of the fallen EgyptAir Paris flight to their families, seven months after the plane plummeted into the Mediterranean Sea on its way to Cairo in May, killing all 66 passengers on board.
December 31, 2016 Sinai explosion kills officer and soldier A security official says that an explosion targeting a security vehicle in Egypt's Sinai peninsula has killed one junior officer and one soldier and injured another soldier.
December 30, 2016 China says it will shut down ivory trade by end of 2017 China says it will shut down its ivory trade at the end of 2017 in a move designed to curb the mass slaughter of African elephants.
December 30, 2016 Burundi says will pull 5,500 troops from Somalia over money Burundi's president has threatened to pull out almost 5,500 troops contributing to African Union forces in Somalia over unpaid allowances.
December 30, 2016 Mali sends 2 people without passports back to France Authorities in Mali have returned two people to France after French authorities apparently deported them to this West African country without proof of their nationality.
December 30, 2016 Austrian police bust drug-smuggling ring, arrest 50 suspects Austrian police say they have arrested 50 people and seized cocaine, heroin, marijuana and amphetamines following a three-year investigation into a suspected drug-smuggling ring.