Police in Uganda on Wednesday clashed with anti-government protesters with police officers firing bullets and teargas into crowds in parts of the country.
Hundreds of supporters of the Kenyan opposition political party, the National Super Alliance (Nasa) on Friday staged another demonstration in parts of the country as they demand changes to the country's electoral commission staff ahead of the October 26 re-run of presidential election.
Authorities at Kenya's University of Nairobi on Tuesday asked students to vacate the institute as they order the closure of the school indefinitely over security concerns.
Police building in Guinea's bauxite mining town of Boke was burnt on Thursday by rioters following a clash with security forces, according to local Red Cross officials.
A mob on Tuesday mistook two men for kidnapping an 11-year-old boy in the Pinetown CBD, west of Durban of South Africa lynching them, according to the police.
Two Egyptian policemen were killed and one wounded when a group of wanted criminals opened fire on security forces in a village north of Cairo on Tuesday, state newspaper Al-Ahram reported.