Thousands of protesters gathered in central Algiers Friday, piling pressure on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign days after the country's powerful military called for his removal. The army chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Ahmed Gaed Salah, on Tuesday asked the constitutional council to...

A prominent Egyptian activist has been released from prison after serving a five-year sentence for organising an illegal protest, his family says. Alaa Abdel Fattah rose to prominence during the 2011 uprising against former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. He was arrested in...

The U.N. envoy to Yemen said Thursday the redeployment of rival factions in the key port city of Hodeida is "slow" but will happen. A cease-fire agreed on in December in Sweden by the rival parties is holding, Martin Griffiths told The Associated Press. The city has been the focus of months...

Sudanese police fired tear gas at protesters defying a nationwide state of emergency on Thursday, with demonstrations in the capital Khartoum and elsewhere, witnesses said. Protests and deadly clashes have rocked Sudan for more than three months, fuelled by accusations that the government...