Electrocutions, brutal beatings, and sexual abuse are taking place in detention in Egypt, according to testimonies gathered by the BBC.

More than a million people have been forced out of their homes since the South Sudan conflict began in December, the UN says.

Il y a une semaine déjà, un tribunal égyptien avait condamné plus de 500 islamistes à mort en première instance, provoquant un tollé international.

Egypt's state news agency says an Alexandria court has sentenced two supporters of President Mohammed Morsi to death in connection with violence that followed the ouster of the Islamist president....

[Garowe Online]Somalia's Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab group executed three men for spying for Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency in Barawe coastal town of southern Somalia on Friday afternoon, Garowe Online reports....

[ANGOP]The Angolan cadres with qualification may apply for the vacancies available in FAO, declared on Thursday in Tunis, capital of Tunisia, the director general of the organization, José Graziano da Silva....

[Garowe Online]The President of Somalia's Puntland Government Dr. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas has returned to warm welcome to the state capital of Garowe on Saturday, Garowe Online reports....

[Shabelle]Three men were killed today by Al-Shabaab after being accused of spying for the Somali Federal Government and the United States....

[Garowe Online]Lawmakers in Federal Parliament of Somalia on Saturday asked Interior and National Security Ministers to appear before the parliament for deliberations on security and federalism, Garowe Online reports....

[Aswat Masriya]Cairo -Egypt's presidential media advisor Ahmed al-Muslimani has said that the upcoming election will be an excellent example of democracy and that the people will choose with their full will and freedom the country's seventh president....

[Sudan Tribune]Addis Ababa -The South Sudanese government and the South Sudan Democratic Movement - Cobra Faction (SSDM-Cobra faction) of David Yau Yau initialled a peace deal on Friday ending a 4 year rebellion in Jonglei state....

[Shabelle]President Uhuru Kenyatta has hosted members of the Kenyan Somali community in talks, as the government seeks help to combat terror attacks in the country....

(Source: UNECA - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa) Abuja, 27 March 2014 (ECA) - The acting Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sarah Alade hosted a caucus of African Central Bank Governors on Thursday, in the margins of the joint ECA-AU ongoing Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development on the theme: Industrialization for inclusiveness and Transformative Development in Africa Speaking at the conference, the Economic Commission for Africa, Executive Secretary, Carlos Lopes told the governors that rapid innovations in financial services offer exciting opportunities for monetary policy to play a role in promoting inclusive industrial...

(Source: ANHRI - Arabic Network for Human Rights Information) Today, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) decried the death of Al-Dostor reporter â??Mayada Ashrafâ? during clashes between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and security forces in Cairoâ??s Ain Shams area. Ashraf was fatally shot in the head on Friday at the railroad crossing of Ain Shams district, while she was covering a pro-Muslim...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) ? Political, economic and security issues were once again the headlines of Tunisian newspapers this week, even though topical issues in the Arab world and at the international level were also reported.
Press Review

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The following are the second-leg fixtures, this weekend across Africa, in the round of 16 of the ongoing 2014 CAF Confederation Cup.
Sports

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Following are the second-leg fixtures in the round of 16 as action resumes this weekend in the 2014 CAF Champions league across Africa.
Sports

Paris, France (PANA) ? Paris newspapers devoted a large part of their pages to news from Egypt, particularly the sentencing of the Muslim brothers for violence that broke out on 14 August in southern Cairo.
Press Review

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) ? The Harare based African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) has signed an agreement with the Nigerian National Institute for Legislative Studies (NILS), which will enable the Foundation to support the Institute in its goal of developing the legislative arm of government in Nigeria and the West African sub-region.
Economy

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday denounced the ?invisible hands? that fund violence in Africa, particularly in his country.
Economy

Khartoum, Sudan ( PANA) - President Omar Al Bashir of Sudan on Saturday arrived in the eastern Chadian town of Um Jaras where a huge cross-border tribal forum is underway to find a solution to the current crisis in Darfur, which has recently taken a new turn for the worse with hundreds of thousands of civilians displaced as fighting intensifies.
Politics

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) ? Former Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan?s warning against the use of Libya as a base for international terrorism and the start of the trial of the late dictator Mouammar Khadhafi?s son, Seif-al-Islam, were some of the stories reported in the Libyan media this week.
Press Review

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Bayelsa United of Nigeria and Difaa El Jadida of Morocco have reached the next stage of the CAF Confederation Cup after Saturday's second round second leg matches.
Sports

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - For the second consecutive week, the media in Mauritania was dominated by the next presidential election to be held under the Republican calendar between April and July 2014.

Benghazi, Libya (PANA) ? A Libyan judge and four soldiers on Saturday escaped assassination attempts in separate attacks in Benghazi, military and hospital sources said.
Society

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday adopted a draft resolution on "technical assistance to Libya in terms of human rights," presented by Morocco and backed by 98 delegations.
Society

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? Several stakeholders are meeting in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, as part of efforts to minimise importation of pharmaceutical products into the continent.
Health

Tunis, Tunisia ( PANA) ? Six African countries have signed agreements in Tunis with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to receive US$2 million each from the Africa Solidarity Trust Fund.

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? The UN deputy secretary-general, Jan Eliason, on Saturday called for structural transformation in Africa.
Economy

The emir will visit Khartoum to discuss "bilateral relations" days after UN reports an escalation of violence in Darfur.