Iraq's Yazidi minority held its summer festival on the weekend, five years after jihadists seized their ancestral heartland of Sinjar, in a brutal assault that still haunts the community. On August 3, 2014, Islamic State group fighters seized Mount Sinjar, and went on to slaughter thousands...

The African Union envoy to Sudan said Saturday the pro-democracy movement and the ruling military council have finalized a power-sharing agreement. Mohammad al-Hassan Lebatt told reporters that the two sides "fully agreed" on a constitutional declaration outlining the division of power for...

Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) opposition alliance have reached a final agreement on power sharing, African Union mediator Mohamed Hassan Lebatt said early Saturday. Lebatt told reporters in Khartoum after long talks between the...

A final agreement between Sudan’s opposition and its military rulers is expected by Saturday, as the two sides have concluded the majority of outstanding issues, according to the opposition negotiator. "We do believe that tomorrow we will bring the Sudanese people good news about these...