Somali militant group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attacks April 14 attacks in Mogadishu, which left at least 19 dead, Reuters reported.

A large blast was heard near Mogadishu's airport on April 14, just hours after unidentified gunmen attacked the city's main court complex, residents said, Reuters reported.

After two explosions occurred outside Mogadishu's main court complex, gunmen in government uniforms stormed the building and clashed with security forces, leaving at least four people dead, witnesses said April 14, Reuters reported.

At least seven people were killed in a firefight between the Joint Military Task Force and suspected militants in Kano, Nigeria, on April 12, Daily Post reported.

Two people were killed and eight were wounded when rebels shelled Kadugli, the capitol of Sudan's South Kordofan state, on April 12, Brecorder reported.

At least three Chadian soldiers were killed in Kidal on April 12 when a suicide bomber detonated himself, three witnesses said, Reuters reported.

Sudanese President Omar al Bashir arrived in South Sudan on April 12 for his first visit since South Sudan became an independent country in 2011, Reuters reported.

Nigeria's Boko Haram militant group has rejected the possibility, suggested last week by President Goodluck Jonathan, of an amnesty, the group announced in an audio statement, the BBC reported April 11.

Afonso Dhlakama, the leader of the opposition Mozambique National Resistance Movement, said April 10 that his group would conduct fresh attacks on government forces if the military does not retreat from positions near the group's remote headquarters in central Mozambique, South Africa's News24 reported.

Kenyan and Somali leaders have agreed to work closely to consolidate peace between their countries and will soon launch a commission for cooperation, Xinhua reported April 10.