Algeria's former Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia appeared before the Supreme Court Wednesday as part of a raft of anti-graft investigations opened into senior figures since President Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika stepped down, state television reported. Ouyahia, who left the government in March as...

The top U.S. diplomat for Africa was due in Khartoum on Wednesday to join an international push to salvage a deal between Sudan’s military rulers and opposition groups two months after the overthrow of former President Omar al-Bashir. The visit comes after an Ethiopian envoy said the...

Amnesty and Human Rights Watch warned U.N. peacekeepers Tuesday against withdrawing from Sudan at a time when the Janjaweed militia is not only keeping up war crimes in Darfur but also taking its "despicable brutality" to Khartoum. "It's hard to imagine a worse time to decide to close...

Protest leaders have agreed to end their civil disobedience campaign launched after a crackdown on demonstrators and resume talks with Sudan's ruling generals, an Ethiopian mediator said Tuesday. "The Alliance for Freedom and Change agreed to end the civil disobedience (campaign) from...