A top US diplomat will head to Sudan this week to urge an end to a bloody crackdown on protesters, Washington said Monday, as a nationwide civil disobedience campaign challenged the African country's ruling military council. Tibor Nagy, the US assistant secretary of state for African...

Algerian authorities Monday detained an automobile tycoon linked to ousted President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on charges of corruption, one of his lawyers said. Mahieddine Tahkout "was detained along with his son and two of his brothers on charges of corruption and money laundering", the lawyer...

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Monday expressed support for the UN envoy for Yemen, a UN spokesperson said, amid a falling-out between the envoy and the Saudi-backed president of Yemen. Saudi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf met with the UN's political chief Rosemary DiCarlo in Riyadh...

Landline internet connections were down across Khartoum on Monday, creating a digital blackout in the Sudanese capital a week after mobile online services were largely cut following a deadly crackdown on protesters. Internet lines from the country's main provider Sudatel stopped working in...