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...

The Khartoum district of Burri was a fulcrum of the uprising against Sudan’s former leader Omar al-Bashir and the generals who replaced him, its residents beaten and killed as they rallied for freedom and justice. Now that a three-year transition deal has been struck to deliver on their...

- France said on Wednesday anti-tank missiles it bought from the United States and were later found in a base belonging to troops loyal to Libya’s eastern commander Khalifa Haftar were never intended for sale or transfer to any party to Libya’s conflict. The Army Ministry said the...

The U.N. refugee agency says around 260 African migrants have been relocated to another detention center in the Libyan capital after the facility where they were being held was hit by a deadly airstrike. UNHCR says they were moved Tuesday, nearly a week after the airstrike that killed more...