Mass jailbreak in eastern DR Congo

Fourteen aid workers kidnapped two days ago by unidentified assailants in the eastern Rutshuru region of Democratic Republic of Congo have been released, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

Egypt's former Islamist President Mohammed Morsi arrives at a Cairo court to go on trial over his escape from prison in 2011, state media say.

A Nigerian man arrested after tweeting from the scene of an attempted jailbreak has been released nearly two weeks in custody, his family says.

Ousted former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy was sentenced to death Saturday in a Cairo court. He had been convicted in a 2011 prison break.Morsy's name will be passed to the Grand Mufti, along with those of more than 100 other defendants, for the confirmation of the death sentence on June 2. The Grand Mufti is the highest legal authority in Egypt. This was the harshest sentence that Morsy could have expected to receive in the case. He will be able to appeal the sentence. The leader of the...

DR Congo ilitoka nyuma na kuishinda Congo kwa mabao 4-2 na kufika katika semi fainali ya mechi za kombe la Afrika.

The beheaded bodies of three abducted Libyan activists are discovered in the eastern city of Derna, which is held by Islamist groups.

Helsinki. Enterprises working in the honey, mango and spice sectors in Eastern Africa are set to expand and become more competitive through a new project that targets sector-led growth in the region.

More migrants so far this year have travelled to Europe via Greece and Turkey rather than from Libya, the EU's border management agency says.