Several security personnel were killed near Birnin Gwari in central Nigeria’s Kaduna State when gunmen attacked Kwasakwasa village the morning of June 13, the News Agency of Nigeria reported.
South Sudan-backed rebels caused an explosion and fire on a Sudanese oil pipeline in the disputed area of Abyei on June 12, the Sudanese army said in a June 13 statement, AFP reported.
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has warned that all options are open in Cairo's response to Ethiopia's dam project on the Blue Nile, AFP reported June 11.
Fighting broke out between Somali forces and al Shabaab militants in the southern province of Gedo on the outskirts of Luuq village, resulting in an unknown number of deaths and injuries, Shabeelle Media Network reported June 9, citing other reports.
The National Consensus Forces, an umbrella group of Sudan's main opposition parties, called June 8 for mass demonstrations to oust Sudanese President Omar al Bashir, Reuters reported.
Malian special forces on a reconnaissance mission June 6 advanced on Kidal, the last stronghold of Tuareg separatist group National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, a Malian army spokesman said, Reuters reported.
