Heavy gunfire rings out across central Mogadishu as Somali special forces battle to dislodge insurgents holed up next to a hotel they bombed the previous evening, and as the death toll stemming from that attack nears 30.

Key parts of the internet infrastructure face large-scale attacks that threaten the global system of web traffic, the internet's address

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, facing the country's biggest popular protests since he came to power 30 years ago, declares a one-year state of emergency and calls on parliament to postpone constitutional amendments that would allow him to seek another term in a 2020 presidential election.

Nigerians hoping to cast their ballots in elections set for yesterday were instead turned away from polling stations after the electoral

Forty-three people, most of them from Benin, are missing after an overloaded boat sank in the Niger River, a local official said yesterday.

At least 23 illegal gold miners were feared dead in Zimbabwe yesterday after water flooded two disused shafts in a mining town 145

Several people are killed when a stampede erupted at a campaign rally of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari days ahead of general elections, his office says.

Female Ugandan activists yesterday slammed a government campaign to use "curvy women" as a tourism "product", which has sparked a furore in the east African nation.

Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was safe after his helicopter crash landed in the north central state of Kogi, his spokesman says.

The death toll from the sinking of two migrant boats off the coast of Djibouti has risen to 31, the UN migration agency said yesterday, with scores still feared missing.

United States military forces carried out an airstrike Saturday against Islamist group al-Shabaab, killing 52 militants, according to a

Gunmen yesterday killed at least eight Chadian UN peacekeepers in an attack on one of their bases in northern Mali, multiple sources reported.

Regional powers hailed Felix Tshisekedi as DR Congo's incoming president yesterday, despite claims by his opponents of an election

Kenyan security forces yesterday resumed their search of the hotel complex attacked by Islamists with sniffer dogs and bomb experts, as information emerged about one of the attackers who killed 21 people.

Nineteen people still missing two days after a Somali militant attack on a Nairobi hotel and office complex that killed 21 people are now accounted for, the Kenyan Red Cross said today.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday said that gunmen who stormed a luxury hotel complex, killing 14 people, had been "eliminated" after an almost 20-hour operation in which hundreds of civilians were rescued.

A huge blast followed by a gun battle rocked an upmarket hotel and office complex in Nairobi yesterday, causing casualties, in an attack claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab Islamist group.

US forces have conducted a series of air strikes in Somalia in recent days, including one announced Wednesday that officials said killed

Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi was yesterday declared the victor of DR Congo's controversial presidential election in a surprise result swiftly denounced by his rival as a "coup".

Sudanese police fired tear gas on Friday to break up protests in the capital Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman, witnesses said.