Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) said late Thursday that it had foiled an attempted coup. In a statement broadcast live on state-run television, it said the failed coup was aimed at undermining the final agreement to be signed between the military and opposition on...

At least three people were killed and 15 wounded when a car bomb hit a funeral of former senior military commander in the east Libyan city of Benghazi, medical and military sources said. The funeral at Benghazi's Huwari cemetery was for Khalifa Mismari, the assistant commander of...

Algeria's Supreme Court Wednesday placed former Industry Minister Youcef Yousfi in custody over alleged corruption, state television reported. Yousfi became the latest senior official to be detained in anti-graft investigations since protests broke out earlier this year demanding the...

Algerian army chief Ahmed Gaid Salah reaffirmed Wednesday support for interim President Abdel-Kader Bensalah, whose term ended July 9 but who remains head of state in the absence of elections. A presidential election planned for early July was scrapped, de facto extending Bensalah's...