A record number of people want to run for president of Algeria in the country's April election, amid growing uncertainty about whether incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika, infirm since a 2013 stroke, is fit for yet another term after two decades in charge of this gas-rich North African nation....

Eastern Libyan forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar carried out four air strikes near the El Feel oilfield, a field engineer told Reuters on Saturday. The strikes were warnings directed at rival commander Ali Kennah who was inside the compound at the time of the strikes, he said....

Algeria’s ruling party on Saturday officially nominated incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run for a fifth term in office in the April 18 polls. "I announce that the National Liberation Front (NLF) has nominated Bouteflika to run in the coming presidential election," NLF...

Morocco has recalled its ambassador to Saudi Arabia after a Saudi television channel reportedly broadcast a report “challenging Morocco’s territorial integrity”. Ambassador Mustafa al-Mansouri told Morocco’s pro-government 360 website on Friday: “I was recalled from Riyadh to take...