15 injured in clash with security forces in Guinea
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- A government spokesman says at least 15 people were injured, four of them by bullet wounds, during a protest in Guinea's capital between opposition parties and security forces. The clashes are the latest iteration in the ongoing fight between the country's opposition and the ruling party over the details of a much-delayed parliamentary election....

S. Sudan leader: Int'l court 'humiliates' Africa
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) -- South Sudan's president is criticizing the International Criminal Court, saying the court is designed to humiliate African leaders....

UN chief visits Goma, Congo
GOMA, Congo (AP) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed Thursday that security must go hand-in-hand with development in Congo's troubled eastern city of Goma, arriving just hours after a rebel group halted fighting to allow the visit to proceed....

Violence in Somalia scares investors, aid workers
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- A spate of attacks by Islamic insurgents in Somalia's capital is forcing investors, businessmen and aid workers to have second thoughts about expanding operations in Mogadishu....

Togo police fire tear gas at protesters
LOME, Togo (AP) -- Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the latest confrontation between the ruling party and Togo's increasingly active opposition. Demonstrators were gathering to protest the death of an opposition member, who died in jail....

Amid signs of turmoil, S Sudan says oil will flow
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) -- Following a lengthy Cabinet meeting, South Sudan's government spokesman said Wednesday that the country will continue to export oil through Sudan and that there had been only a temporary slowdown in production....

2011 jail breaks become political issue in Egypt
CAIRO (AP) -- It was one of the most perplexing events of Egypt's revolution: orchestrated attacks on prisons around the country that broke out more than 20,000 inmates while police were tied down with the massive popular protests that swept autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power....

Egypt leader claims victory in captives' release
CAIRO (AP) -- The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president after months of criticism that his government is mismanaging the country....