Clashes between the police and Muslim rebels in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri have killed 103 people.
At least 24 people, most of them civilians, were killed when rebels attacked an army base in eastern Congo.
South Africa's government threatened to crack down on violent protests which erupted this week over jobs and poverty.
Violent protests have erupted in South Africa's townships, the worst riots since Jacob Zuma became president in May.
Sudan referred Chad to the U.N. Security Council, accusing its neighbour of launching an air raid into Sudan.
Abdel Aziz won 52.6 percent of the vote hours after the main opposition candidates rejected the poll as a sham.
Violence surrounding the 2007 Kenya elections cost at least 1300 lives and left 300,000 homeless.
Somali gunmen kidnapped two French officials working as security advisers for the Somali government.
Uganda is considering arresting Sudan's Pres. Omar Bashir on a ICC war crimes warrant, if Bashir comes to Uganda.
U.S. President Barack Obama told Africans on Saturday that Western aid must be matched by good governance.