Unidentified gunmen have abducted two Jordanian peacekeepers working with the UN-African Union (UNAMID) force in the Sudanese province of Darfur.

A building collapse in the Nigerian capital Abuja has killed 19 of the 50 squatters living the condemned structure.

The Egyptian government has dismissed media reports claiming that President Hosni Mubarak has fallen ill and would travel to Germany for treatment again.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is en route to Chad to discuss the detention of 17 Europeans accused of abducting 103 African children.

At least 10 people have been killed and 30 others wounded in clashes between Somali villagers and Ethiopian forces in Ethiopian-controlled Somali region of Ogadeni.

Niger is facing the worst hunger crisis in its history, with almost half of the population (or 7.3 million people) in desperate need of food, the UN's World Food (WFP) Program says.

A group of gunmen have ambushed a lorry carrying soldiers and civilians in southern Sudan, killing at least 17 soldiers and six civilians, the army says.

Eighteen elderly people have lost their lives after a fire blazed through an old age home near South Africa's capital as officials probe into the cause of the fire.

Gunmen in Nigeria's restive oil-rich south have released four local journalists and their driver, a week after abducting them, reports say.

Two Egyptian policemen charged with illegally arresting and physically torturing a young man are set to go on trial later this month.

Al-Qaeda's No. 2 figure slams Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, accusing him of being an enemy of Islam and improving relations with the US.

A senior official of the Somali group Hizbul Islam has been gunned down at close range on the outskirts of restive Somali capital, Mogadishu.

Gabon has signed deals worth $4.5 billion with Indian and Singaporean companies on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the African nation's independence.

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir says foreign organizations including aid agencies would be expelled if they fail to respect the authority of the Sudanese government.

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has announced that he will retire from public life on his 79th birthday in October.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul have vowed to expand economic cooperation between their countries.

Egypt's Foreign Ministry has summoned European Union ambassadors after the bloc called for an impartial inquiry into the killing of an unarmed man by the Egyptian police.

Seventeen Europeans who have been held in the alleged kidnapping of 103 African children were flown to Chad's capital to face trial.

Fresh clashes between security forces and fighters linked to the al-Shabab group have left several soldiers and fighters dead in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland.

The Court of Amsterdam slapped a one-million-euro fine on the Swiss-based multi-national Trafigura Friday, whose chartered ship dumped waste in the Ivory Coast.

At least seven UN peacekeepers have sustained injuries after they came under fire by unidentified gunmen in the west of the Darfur region.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced on Friday that he would be cutting his African tour short and returning to Brazil ahead of schedule.

The Group of Eight Developing Countries (D8) has wrapped up its latest summit in Nigerian capital Abuja, urging more trade and investment between its member states.

The UN has criticized Egypt for waging political repression on its people and preventing the youth from participating in the development of its society.

Sudan's Ceasefire Political Committee (CPC) has given the Sudanese army up to mid-December to withdraw from the oil-rich southern region.

Ugandan investigators have arrested four suspects in deadly twin bombings in Kampala that claimed the lives of more than 70 people watching the 2010 World Cup final in July.

Somalia fighter group al-Shabab has banned three Christian aid agencies from operating in the African country ordering them to leave Somalia immediately.

The African Union has once again criticized the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its indictments against Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir.

Nigerian gunmen have released a dozen foreign seafarers, who were taken hostage two days ago in Nigeria's restive oil rich Niger Delta.

With the entire nation in buoyant mood as they host the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the South African president says the country is ready to host the Olympics.

Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in Cairo and Alexandria to protest the brutal killing of an unarmed man by Egyptian police.

A UN helicopter has crashed without explanation, on a routine flight in northern Liberia, leaving two dead and a third missing.

Countries north of Cameroon have been alerted to the risk of contracting cholera with over 2,000 confirmed cases and 300 deaths reported since May 6.

Fierce skirmishes between security forces and fighters alleged to have links with al-Shabab group, kill 15 militants in the semi-autonomous northeastern region of Puntland, government forces say.

A regional summit in Chad has rejected all charges brought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir.

Gunmen have attacked cargo vessels off the coast of the oil-rich Niger Delta, kidnapping 12 foreign sailors and killing one crewmember, Nigerian navy officials say.

A Johannesburg court has found South Africa's former police chief and head of Interpol, Jackie Selebi, guilty of accepting thousands of dollars in bribes from a convicted drug dealer.

Egyptian oil spill in the Red Sea has caused a new environmental catastrophe, prompting an outcry among activists that call for tighter offshore regulations.

Three Ethiopian soldiers have been killed and two others wounded in an ambush by guerrillas in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia.

At least 58 people were killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo when an overloaded lorry plunged into a lake.