Media magnate Nabil Karoui’s run for president was testing the rules of Tunisia’s young democracy even before he was put in custody last month charged with tax fraud and money laundering. As his unlicensed news channel broadcasts footage of him doling out aid to the poor, Karoui, 56, is...

Germany aims to host a conference about Libya this year in conjunction with the United Nations to try to stabilize the oil producing country, where rival factions have been fighting over the capital, Germany’s ambassador to Libya said on Wednesday. The plans, which are still in the early...

 After fleeing an advance by eastern-based forces on Tripoli, 80-year-old Mabrouka al-Twati and her daughter spent days sleeping rough in the Libyan capital. Now they are in a shelter where sheets cover broken windows and two desks serve as a kitchen. As a military offensive on Tripoli...

Sudan on Tuesday reported four cholera cases in the southeastern Blue Nile state to the World Health Organization (WHO). Khalid Hamid, the Health Ministry's head of public relations, told Anadolu Agency that 37 people suffered from "acute watery diarrhea", with three of them died during the...