One of two presidential candidates to have won through to a runoff election in Tunisia has called for his rival to be released from prison. "The situation leaves me morally uncomfortable... I would sincerely like to see him freed," law professor Kais Saied said in an interview on...

Rival hashtags, angry videos and calls to march -- the war for Egyptian minds is raging online ahead of possible mass demonstrations against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Encouraged by rare protests that erupted last week in Cairo and other Egyptian cities, Sisi opponents have bombarded...

Tunisian authorities are willing to allow jailed presidential candidate Nabil Karoui to participate in a televised debate with his rival Kais Saied, an official said Wednesday. Saad al-Dahish, director general of state-owned Tunisian Television, said judicial authorities have been contacted...

Sudan Thursday ordered the closure of its borders with Libya and Central African Republic over security concerns, the country's ruling body announced, the first such decision since the fall of autocrat Omar al-Bashir. The decision was taken by the civilian-military sovereign council at a...