In world's largest refugee camp, youth are drawn to soccer BIDI BIDI, Uganda (AP) -- The soccer field is littered with sharp stones, but the girls who attack the ball with their bare feet play on....Angola expels 8,000 Congolese fleeing violence, UN says JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Angola has expelled more than 8,000 Congolese who entered the southern African country while fleeing deadly violence at home, the United Nations says in a new report....South Sudanese refugees grapple with honoring their dead BIDI BIDI, Uganda (AP) -- The cemetery for South Sudanese refugees lies between two streams that flood when the rains come, leaving debris scattered across the otherwise unmarked graves....Namibia buries leader who campaigned against apartheid JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Namibians have gathered for a state funeral for Herman Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, an independence leader who was jailed during South Africa's era of white minority rule....Earthquake hits central Mozambique; no reports of casualties JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 has hit central Mozambique, but there are no immediate reports of damage or casualties....Ghana assures public of security of ex-Guantanamo detainees ACCRA, Ghana (AP) -- Ghana's government on Friday sought to reassure the public that two former Guantanamo prisoners living in the West African nation remained under supervision, a day after a court ruled their arrival was unconstitutional without parliament's approval....Gunmen kill 3 in suspected extremist attack in Kenya's north NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Three people were killed and three others wounded in a suspected Islamic extremist attack in Kenya's Mandera County, which borders Somalia, officials said Friday....
Egypt's president ratifies disputed Saudi islands pact CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's president on Saturday ratified a disputed 2016 agreement under which his country would transfer control of two strategic Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, following through on his assertion earlier this week that the matter was closed....Egypt says 7 militants killed in raid on desert camp CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's Interior Ministry says it has killed seven people in connection with recent attacks on the country's embattled Christian minority, including three church bombings and a deadly bus shooting, all claimed by the Islamic State group....UN urges Egypt to halt execution of 6 men in 'flawed' trials CAIRO (AP) -- U.N. human rights experts urged Egypt on Thursday to halt the execution of six men, sentenced to death over killing a policeman, saying that their trials were "flawed" and "did not meet international standards of fairness."...