A Sudanese rebel alliance says it should be represented in the transitional government formed by the military and the pro-democracy movement following an agreement reached earlier this month. Yesir Arman, a senior official in the Sudan Revolutionary Front, told The Associated Press...

Tunisia's electoral commission said Wednesday it had approved 26 candidates including two women for next month's presidential election, rejecting 71 other applicants. The September 15 vote follows the death at age 92 last month of Beji Caid Essebsi, the first president to be democratically...

The graffiti that symbolised Sudan's uprising are being painted over across the capital Khartoum, protest leaders complained Wednesday, urging the military authorities to stop their whitewashing. The Forces for Freedom and Change that led the months-long protest movement that brought down...

Heavy rain in Sudan has caused extensive flooding that killed at least seven people in the country's south Tuesday, the state news agency reported. "Seven citizens were killed, two injured and 10 villages affected by rain and flooding in Jazira state," SUNA said. The downpours, which...