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.