Tanzania's ruling party candidate John Magufuli won the presidential election, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) announced on Thursday.
The two-day run-off election for the first phase of Egypt's long-awaited parliamentary election kicked off on Tuesday.
Seven people in Egypt's Mediterranean city of Alexandria died on Sunday due to the windy and rainy weather, state media reported.
Students protest outside the Union Buildings, in Pretoria, South Africa, on Oct. 23, 2015.
130 illegal immigrants who were intercepted by Libyan coast guards off Tripoli coast are seen in Libya on Oct. 21.
Students protest against tuition fee increases at University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Oct. 20, 2015.
The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet was awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 9.
Tripoli citizens wave Libyan national flags and chant slogans at Martyrs' Square in Tripoli, Libya, on Oct. 9
Libyan authorities said about 290 illegal immigrants, nearly a third of them from Senegal, were arrested on Thursday.
Waqo Erjesa said Chinese scientist Tu Youyou's landmark discovery of artemisinin dealt a fatal blow to the tropical disease malaria, a leading cause of deaths in the East African nation.
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