Authority of the Nigerian Defense Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday said the military had embarked on specialized operations to flush out the Boko Haram insurgents from northeast states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.

Tourists visiting Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda will find it much easier and cheaper to travel across the three countries with the official launch of the single tourist visa on Thursday, a milestone in the East African countries’...

The Moroccan consulate in the Libyan capital of Tripoli Thursday came under fire from an unknown source, while no casualties were reported among its staff or visitors, the Moroccan foreign ministry said.

On February 24 King Mohammed VI’s office issued the following statement :”His Majesty King Mohammed VI received on Wednesday a telephone call from French President François Hollande.”

The South African government on Tuesday vowed to curb violence against the lesbians, gays, bisexual, transsexual and intersex (LGBTI) persons.

Egypt has appointed a man with close ties to longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak to become the country’s new prime minister.

USA welcomes efforts of King Mohammed VI to reach solution to crisis in Mali, spokesperson of the Bureau of African Affairs at the State Department, Will Stevens

Egypt’s population reaches 94 million

Africa’s oldest president and one of the longest reigning on the continent, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe addresses the crowd during celebrations to mark his 90th birthday at Marondera, 75 km from Harare, Zimbabwe, February 23, 2014.

In a speech opening the first-ever Moroccan-Ivorian Economic Forum held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire yesterday, Morocco’s King Mohammed VI lauded Cote d’Ivoire’s economic progress and the two countries’ growing economic partnership.