Khartoum (AFP) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Tuesday blamed conspirators for violence during deadly anti-government protests, as an impoverished town held a "martyrs' rally" to honour those killed. Bashir, speaking at a military base near the town of Atbara where the first...

Moroccan security forces have dismantled a suspected Daesh cell in the North African country, according to the Interior Ministry on Tuesday.  In a statement, the ministry said three suspects had been detained for links to the Daesh terrorist group.  The suspects, aged...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will appoint a new envoy to Somalia, a U.N. spokesman said Friday, after failing to convince the country to retract its decision to expel the current representative over accusations of interference. Since Somalia's foreign ministry...

Two militants blew themselves up Thursday following an exchange of fire with Tunisian security forces in the city of Jilma, 250 km south of the capital Tunis, the Interior Ministry said. The militants killed themselves after being encircled by security forces who stormed their hideout...