Africa
Sudan sentences 27 to death for torturing, killing protester
A Sudanese court on Monday sentenced 27 members of the country's security forces to death for torturing and killing a detained protester during the uprising against longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir earlier this year.
23 killed, 7 injured in road accident in Egypt
A total of 23 people were killed and seven others were injured after a bus overturned on Saturday in Egypt's Port Said, northwest of the capital Cairo.
World's oldest female black rhino dies in Tanzania: official
Tanzanian conservation authorities said on Saturday the world's oldest free-ranging female black rhino has died in the Ngorongoro crater aged 57.
Egypt says 22 killed in road crash in country's north
Health authorities say about two dozen people, mostly laborers, were killed Saturday when a minibus collided with a truck on a highway in Port Said in northern Egypt.
Two Kenyan police officers killed in explosive attack
Two Kenyan police officers were killed and seven others injured when a vehicle in which they were traveling in hit an improvised explosive device (IED) in Wajir county in northeast Kenya on Friday evening.
Truck bomb in Somali capital kills at least 79 at rush hour
A truck bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia's capital Saturday morning, killing at least 79 people including many students, authorities said. It was the worst attack in Mogadishu since the devastating 2017 bombing that killed hundreds.
Egypt's president reiterates rejection of foreign intervention in Libya
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi reiterated on Thursday Egypt's rejection of all forms of foreign intervention in the domestic affairs of neighboring conflict-stricken Libya.
2.6 mln people in Central African Republic need humanitarian aid in 2020: UN
UN humanitarian workers estimate that some 2.6 million people in the Central African Republic (CAR), or more than half of its total population, will need humanitarian assistance in 2020, a UN spokesman said Tuesday.
Nigerian troops kill 31 Boko Haram militants in gunfight
At least 31 Boko Haram militants were killed in a gunfight when the troops laid an ambush for them in Nigeria's northeastern state of Yobe, a spokesman for the army said on Monday.
Botswana beefs up efforts against rhino poaching
Botswana said on Monday that it is fighting rhino poaching harder in the Okavango Delta in the northern part of the country.