The council charged with drafting Egypt's new constitution is expected to vote amid widespread protests against President Mohamed Morsy. If the draft passes, it will go for a popular vote within 15 days, a Morsy adviser says.

Oil has driven Angola's booming economy over the last decade, helping the resource-rich country emerge from the wreckage of a long, vicious war to become one Africa's major economic players.

Fresh clashes broke out in Cairo Wednesday near Tahrir Square, as riot police fired tear gas and charged at Egyptian protesters angry over a move by President Mohamed Morsy to extend his powers.

Seven Coptic Egyptians living abroad were sentenced to death Wednesday by a court in Cairo for their connection to an anti-Islam film, the prosecutor's office said.

Members of the M23 rebel movement said Wednesday they would withdraw from the city of Goma in line with a demand by regional leaders and the African Union.

A passenger plane crashed into the Indian Ocean shortly after takeoff Tuesday from an airport in Moroni, Comoros Islands, a government official said.

Defiant rebel forces remained in control of the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday, hours after a deadline set by regional leaders and the African Union for them to leave had passed.

The sun rises over Cairo, and the city's landmark Tahrir Square is buzzing. Not with traffic, nor with commerce, but with protests -- a tent-city packed with people seething with anger at a man they blast as a dictatorial president who put amassing power over the good of his country.

Congolese activist Vava Tampa asks: Why does the crisis in Syria get extensive media coverage, but not the killing in Congo?

Robin Wright and Stephen Farrell discuss the underlying causes for protests and political tension in Egypt.

A delegation from Gaza was in Egypt Monday to hash out more details of a cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel, less than a week after the truce ended an eight-day conflict.

CNN's Reza Sayah takes a closer at the protests in Egypt by stepping right into the middle of the chaos.

No longer railing against Hosni Mubarak, who was forced out amid popular unrest, Egyptian demonstrators now direct their anger at the first man since him to be the North African nation's president: Mohamed Morsy.

Tension loomed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo city of Goma Monday night as rebel commanders said they would not leave the city despite the approaching midnight deadline imposed by regional leaders and the African Union.

It may have been a simple misunderstanding that led to a horrific lynching.

El Anatsui's monumental shimmering metal sculptures have brought the Ghanaian artist international acclaim. Now, his largest ever sculpture is on show at the High Line park in New York.

After violent protests, Egypt's president is to meet with the Supreme Judicial Council which has slammed his decree as an "unprecedented attack" on the judiciary.

Two bombs killed at least 11 people and wounded 30 in a church inside the military barracks in Jaji, Nigeria, on Sunday.

Regional leaders meeting in Uganda called on a rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to withdraw from a city seized by its fighters this week and to "stop all war activities."

More than six weeks after being shot, reportedly by his own troops, President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz returned home Saturday evening from France, where he'd been receiving medical treatment.