December 9, 2015 Senior Libyan policeman wounded by car bomb A senior police officer was gravely wounded in an overnight bombing in Libya's restive second city of Benghazi, a security official told AFP on Saturday.
December 9, 2015 Sudan's largest newspaper shut says director Sudan's most popular newspaper, which has been a regular critic of a controversial government decision to cut fuel subsidies, has been ordered to stop publishing, its director said on Sunday.
December 9, 2015 Oscar Pistorius receiving 'overwhelming' support, agent says Oscar Pistorius' agent says the double-amputee Olympian has received "overwhelming support" from his fans as he remains in custody in a South African police station charged with the shooting murder of his model girlfriend.
December 9, 2015 Sudan denies president called off UN trip Sudan's foreign ministry denied Thursday that President Omar al-Bashir, who faces an international arrest warrant, has called off a trip to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly.
December 9, 2015 US leaves Central African Republic amid security woes as rebels eye capital Security concerns deepened in the capital of Central African Republic on Friday after the U.S. ambassador and his diplomatic team were evacuated out of the country by plane overnight amid fears rebels could try to take the capital.
December 9, 2015 Egypt militants bomb gas line to Jordan Militants in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula bombed a gas pipeline to Jordan on Sunday, witnesses said, amid a surge in attacks on police and soldiers since Islamist president Mohamed Morsi's removal from office.
December 9, 2015 UN peacekeepers take over ahead of Mali polls United Nations peacekeepers took over security duties from African troops in Mali on Monday with a mission to ensure stability in the conflict-scarred nation just four weeks ahead of planned elections.
December 9, 2015 Nigerian cook trapped for nearly 3 days in sunken ship tells incredible story of survival A cook says he “prayed about a hundred times” while he spent more than 60 hours trapped inside a sunken tugboat off of Nigeria, before making it out alive.
December 9, 2015 Kenya vows to prevent looting at mall attack scene Kenya has taken measures to protect valuable goods inside the sealed off Nairobi mall attacked by Islamist gunmen last week following reports that one jewellery had been looted.
December 9, 2015 Tsvangirai warns Zimbabwe's election body Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday warned the body overseeing this month's presidential election he will be "closely monitoring" it to ensure a fair vote.
