South Sudanese armed forces admitted shooting down a United Nations helicopter in eastern South Sudan on Friday.

Three radio DJs in Kenya are going six days without food while broadcasting non-stop to promote peaceful voting in a country that was nearly torn apart after its last election five years ago.

Riot police fired tear gas at protesters in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Friday, according to state-run Nile TV. Shortly after morning prayers, clashes broke out between supporters and opponents of President Mohamed Morsy.

Rival communities armed with arrows and machetes clashed at dawn Friday, leaving 30 people dead in the latest outbreak of violence in southeastern Kenya .

In Egypt, HarassMap is a text message system that lets women anonymously report sexual harassment incidents and map harassment hotspots.

The United Nations Security Council on Thursday authorized a military peacekeeping mission in Mali to help the once-stable country retake its vast northern region from Islamist rebels.