Saudi Arabian authorities Tuesday ordered the handover of 25 state-run schools to be run by private sector companies as part of economic reforms designed to ease pressure on the state’s finances. Riyadh announced last week that it aimed to generate 35 billion to 40 billion...

 Algeria's biggest union urged President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Tuesday to seek a fifth term in office in a further sign that the veteran leader will run in next year's elections in the North African oil producer. "I will deliver the request for a fifth term to Bouteflika's interior...

At least nine people were killed and dozens others wounded in Central African Republic's capital Bangui in an attack by unidentified gunmen on a church, a morgue official at the Community Hospital told Reuters. Notre Dame de Fatima was attacked with gunfire and grenades during a morning...

Explosions in and around a mosque in northeast Nigeria killed at least 20 people Tuesday, police said. The blasts in the town of Mubi bore the hallmarks of Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which has waged an insurgency in Africa's most populous country since 2009 and often deploys...