Libya’s riot police have clashed with demonstrators protesting against violence in the country's northwest where many people were killed and dozens of others wounded.
At least seven people have been killed after gunmen attacked an army barracks in Guinea-Bissau, sparking a firefight in the troubled West African country.
Foreign-backed insurgents in Syria have admitted that they receive salaries from their regional and trans-regional supporters in US dollars for fighting against the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
An army of 6,000 African troops will be mobilised to wrest the deserts of northern Mali from al-Qaeda's control, with European countries providing intelligence and logistics, according to a senior French official.
The government of Zimbabwe has sparked outrage by announcing controversial plans to turn Robert Mugabe's home into a tourist attraction, local media reported on Thursday.
