[Shabelle] A Somali official says Bardere court chief Sheikh Ibrahim Nur Sha'ban has escaped an attempt on his life after he was attacked by unknown gunmen while wailing out a mosque after Magrib prayers.
[AIM] Maputo -Gunmen of Mozambique's former rebel movement Renamo attacked a position of the defence and security forces in the small hours of Thursday morning at the village of Zero, in Morrumbala district, in the central province of Zambezia.
[Zimbabwe Independent] EPHRAIM Muvungani will never forget last year Christmas. While most were merrymaking with loved ones, he was writhing in pain, nursing wounds inflicted by suspected Zanu PF youths in the dormitory town of Chitungwiza.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Carthage -The 29th annual general report of the Court of Auditors for the 2013-2014 judicial year and the report related to the closure of the state budget for 2013 were handed, on Friday in Carthage, to President Béji Caid Essebsi.
[Aswat Masriya] Cairo -Egypt is due to receive the second batch of Rafale fighter jets from France on Thursday, as per the business deal between the two countries, the state-run MENA news agency reported.
[Ghanaian Chronicle] A 35 year old labourer has been jailed 25years by an Accra Circuit Court, presided over by Mr. Aboagye Tandoh, for robbing and raping a pregnant woman, at Pokuase near Accra.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -Representative Bill Twehway (UP-District #3 Montserrado County) has written Plenary of the House of Representatives to invite the Governor of the Central Bank to answer to recent revelation made by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf during her annual address that the bank realized operational losses. In his communication, the Montserrado County lawmaker said the revelation by the President requires inquiry and response from the CBL governor on what did President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf mean when she said the ba