Algerian protesters gathered for the first Friday protests since the announcement of presidential elections to succeed ousted leader Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika fearing a ploy by the ruling system to stay in power. Social media, the source of mass protests which led to the end of Bouteflika's...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on all parties in Sudan to exercise "calm and utmost restraint" Thursday following the ouster of long-time President Omar al-Bashir. Guterres "recalls his previous encouragement and expectation that the democratic aspiration of the Sudanese...

Egypt’s Interior Ministry on Thursday announced that 11 armed attackers were killed in the country's northeastern Sinai region. In a written statement, the ministry said clashes had erupted between security forces and an armed group in the Al-Arish city of North Sinai. Egyptian...

President Omar al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan with an iron fist for 30 years, was on Thursday overthrown in a coup by the armed forces which announced a two-year period of military rule to be followed by elections. In an address on state television, Defense Minister Awad Mohammad Ahmad Ibn Auf...