Rocket fire hits Libya airport, breaking Eid truce

"Mitiga airport has been targeted by fire this morning, the first day of Eid al Adha", the airport's management says in a statement.

Car bomb kills three UN staff outside mall in Libya's Benghazi - officials

The explosion comes hours after Libya's UN-supported government says it accepted a ceasefire proposed by the UN aimed at halting combat in the capital, Tripoli, during the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al Adha.

Released Turkish men arrive in Abuja embassy

Ten Turkish sailors were abducted off Nigeria in mid-July and released on Friday.

Tanzania tanker blast kills at least 62 people

Charred remains of dozens of people were seen in photos circulating across social media, along with a video of a large crowd collecting liquid from puddles in yellow jerry cans.

Libya government accepts UN ceasefire proposal- statement

Libya's internationally recognized government on Friday accepted a ceasefire request from the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), according to a statement posted by the government on Twitter.

Dozens dead in new bout of intercommunal fighting in Chad

Eastern Chad is in the grip of cyclical violence between nomadic camel herders and sedentary farmers from the Ouaddian community.

Three Congolese doctors arrested in connection with WHO official's death

Ebola treatment centres have repeatedly been attacked by armed militiamen and disgruntled locals, hampering efforts to contain the epidemic in Democratic Republic of Congo’s conflict-ravaged east.

Mozambique rivals hail 'new era' as they sign landmark peace deal

Mozambique's president and the leader of the country's main opposition group signed a new peace accord Tuesday, pledging to end years of violence and facilitate elections in the fall.

Air strike on south Libyan town kills at least 43 - official

Murzuq municipal council member Mohamed Omar says, "The air strike resulted in 43 killed and 51 wounded." The LNA confirmed the strike on Murzuq.

Mozambique's last rebel fighters finally lay down their arms

Mozambique's president and the leader of the Renamo opposition will also sign another agreement in August pledging peace in the upcoming national elections on October 15, 2019.

Rwanda says its border with DRC remains open

Rwanda's health minister came out with a clarification after the country's foreign affairs state minister had said that the border with DRC was shut over increased fears that the Ebolo virus could spread across the border.

Third Ebola case detected in DRC's Goma: medical source

"I have been informed of another confirmed Ebola case at the Goma Ebola treatment centre," said Aruna Abedi, the chief Ebola coordinator in North Kivu, the worst-hit province since the outbreak began on August 1 last year.