May 25, 20128:32 PM ET

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A government official says the death toll from a clash near Burkina Faso's border with Mali could be as high as 100.

May 25, 20126:36 PM ET

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The ex-president of Senegal won praise from around the world earlier this year when he gracefully conceded defeat, even picking up the phone to congratulate his longtime rival, a move that momentarily erased the memories of a violent election season.

May 25, 20125:41 PM ET

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Voice of America says it is investigating reports that a correspondent in Ethiopia's capital has been detained by authorities.

May 25, 201212:20 PM ET

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Leaders of a minority community said South Sudan troops shot and killed a teenager on Friday while he was fishing, linking the death to the military's disarmament campaign in a conflict-torn state.

May 25, 201212:02 PM ET

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Human rights officials accused the Kenyan police Friday of eliminating suspected terrorists after armed men dragged a terror suspect out of a car. He was the third terror suspect to be abducted since April.

May 25, 201211:26 AM ET

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — African Union and Somali troops seized a town on the outskirts of Mogadishu on Friday from Islamist militants after three days of fighting, marking the biggest victory over al-Shabab since the pro-government forces took control of the capital last August.

May 25, 201211:08 AM ET

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The United Nations human rights chief said Friday that Western sanctions against Zimbabwe's president and his loyalists should be suspended, at least until elections, saying the measures have hurt the country's poorest and most vulnerable people.

May 25, 20129:42 AM ET

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An African Union official says Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to resume talks over issues that brought the two nations to the brink of war: sharing oil wealth and establishing their border.

May 25, 20128:46 AM ET

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross says a new rebellion in eastern Congo has spread to remote and difficult-to-reach areas, causing the humanitarian situation to deteriorate significantly.