(The political and security vacuum in Libya is being exploited by the Islamic State extremist group which has “significantly expanded” the territory it controls in the conflict-torn north African nation, U.N. experts said in a report circulated Thursday.)

(American aircraft on Saturday struck a training camp in Somalia belonging to the Islamist militant group the Shabab, the Pentagon said, killing about 150 fighters)

(Le secrétaire général de l’ONU, Ban Ki-moon a salué, hier, l’engagement de l’Algérie pour la paix et la résolution des graves crises couvant dans toute la région, en Libye notamment, et dont la menace de débordement demeure persistante.)

(Le ministère marocain de l’Intérieur a annoncé jeudi que des djihadistes arrêtés il y a deux semaines s’apprêtaient à utiliser “des substances toxiques et biologiques mortelles” dans un “projet terroriste” contre le royaume.)

(Police in Kenya were on a high alert Monday following intelligence reports of planned terror attacks on main airports in Nairobi and Mombasa.)

(Student protests in South Africa are taking on an increasingly violent tone following clashes between black and white students at several universities this week. Academic activities are suspended indefinitely.)

(Ugandans went to the polls on Thursday to choose presidential and parliamentary candidates in an election riddled with irregularities even before voting began.)

(The United Nations is investigating fresh allegations of sexual abuse in Central African Republic, where peacekeepers have been hit with numerous charges of sexual abuse over the past year, a U.N. spokesman said on Monday.)

(The Ugandan military said Thursday that a senior commander in warlord Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army had surrendered, a move analysts said showed disarray in rebel ranks and strengthened the possibility of Kony’s capture.)