Sudan on Tuesday reported four cholera cases in the southeastern Blue Nile state to the World Health Organization (WHO). Khalid Hamid, the Health Ministry's head of public relations, told Anadolu Agency that 37 people suffered from "acute watery diarrhea", with three of them died during the...

 Algeria's Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui will resign soon to facilitate the holding of elections this year that the army sees as the only way to end a standoff over months of protests, two senior sources told Reuters Tuesday. Bedoui's departure is a major demand of protesters who in...

African refugees being held in squalid conditions in detention in Libya will be evacuated to Rwanda under an agreement reached with Kigali and the African Union, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said Tuesday. A first group of 500 refugees from the Horn of Africa will be evacuated in coming...

Videos posted online by an Egyptian construction contractor accusing President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the military of corruption have gone viral, sparking a rare debate about the army's growing economic empire. Mohamed Aly, 45, a fledgling actor alongside his construction business, claims...

At least 17 people were killed in Morocco when flood waters overturned their bus in the kingdom's southeast, authorities said Monday in a revised toll. Rescuers have been searching for bodies since the accident Sunday, when the bus flipped on a bridge in a valley near the city of...

Sudan's first cabinet since the ouster of president Omar al-Bashir was sworn in Sunday as the African country transitions to a civilian rule following nationwide protests that overthrew the autocrat. The 18-member cabinet led by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, which includes four women, took...

Arab and Nubian tribes in Sudan’s Red Sea state signed a reconciliation deal on Sunday under pressure from the country’s most prominent military commander after clashes that triggered a state of emergency and left at least 16 dead last month. Sudan is embarking on a three-year transition...

Libya's U.N.-recognized government Sunday slammed the UAE for hosting an officer of forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar, who has waged a months-long offensive to take the capital Tripoli. The Tripoli-based Government of National Accord denounced the "hostile position of the United Arab...

 Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates called on Yemen's separatists and the internationally-recognized government of President Abed Rabbou Mansour Hadi to halt all military actions in south Yemen. "We assert the importance of completely halting all military actions ... or...

Eight presidential candidates stood behind their podiums aiming to impress Tunisian voters on Saturday evening in the young democracy’s first ever televised election debate. Although Tunisia has held elections twice since throwing off autocratic rule in the 2011 revolution which triggered...

At least three fighters aligned with Libya’s U.N.-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) were killed in an offensive on Saturday aimed at pushing back eastern forces led by commander Khalifa Haftar, a witness said. The clashes between the GNA forces and Haftar’s Libyan National Army...

Sudan’s toppled former leader Omar al-Bashir was the only person with a key to a room at the presidential palace holding millions of euros, his last office manager testified on Saturday. Speaking at Bashir’s trial on charges of possessing illicit foreign currency and corruption, Yasser...

 An Egyptian court has sentenced 11 people including the head of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Badie, to life in prison after a retrial on charges related to mass prison breaks at the height of the 2011 uprising. The Cairo criminal court Saturday also sentenced eight others...

Thousands of Yemenis marched in Aden on Thursday in support of the United Arab Emirates, which assists separatists who seized the southern city from the Saudi-backed government in a power struggle that has opened a new front in Yemen’s war. The rally took place as Saudi Arabia, leader of an...

Sudan's Sovereign Council on Thursday approved Cabinet outline of the transitional government, the first since former president Omar al-Bashir was deposed in April, an official said. A member of the council told Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity that "the council adopted the outline...

The youngest son of late Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi died of an alleged heart attack Wednesday at a hospital in Cairo. A Morsi family sourced confirmed 24-year-old Abdullah Morsi’s death to Anadolu Agency without giving further details. Egyptian Health Ministry has yet to comment...

Algeria's army chief insisted Wednesday that a vote to elect a successor to ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika be delayed no longer, repeating his demand that polls be held before year-end. "I want to insist one more time – the situation cannot tolerate more delay," General Ahmed Gaid...

The UN special envoy to Libya warned Wednesday that without action by the Security Council, the country's war could escalate if outside patrons step up support for the warring sides. "Many Libyans feel abandoned by part of the international community and exploited by others," Ghassan Salame...

Saudi Arabia is confronting the perils of its combative foreign policy as it slides further into a military quagmire in Yemen, one of a series of strategic missteps under the ambitious crown prince, analysts say. The Sunni kingdom, locked in a battle for regional supremacy with Shiite power...

A Tunisian appeals court on Tuesday upheld the detention of media magnate Nabil Karoui, a candidate in this month’s presidential election, on suspicion of tax fraud and money laundering, his lawyer said. Karoui, who denies any wrongdoing, had sought to be freed, but the court rejected the...