Today’s VOA60 Africa

Egypt: At least eleven people die and more than 100 are injured in clashes that erupted at an anti-army protest near Cairo’s Defence Ministry.

Nigeria: A radical sect threatens violence against several domestic and international news organizations, including the Hausa service of the Voice of America.

Somalia: The government moves to demolish illegal structures in Mogadishu’s heavily populated Bakara market - one of the city’s main economic centers.

Mali: Leaders call for elements of the military to unite and focus on the needs of the country, after coup leaders defeat an attempted counter-coup.  
 
DRC: Aid groups say the fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has forced thousands of residents to flee their homes, some of them into neighboring Rwanda.
 
UK: African choir arrives in London for Queen’s Jubilee concert.

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