The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that 35,000 cancer patients deprived of treatment are facing jeopardy in Yemen. "Cancer could be a death sentence in #Yemen unless treated," WHO said on its twitter account. "An estimated 35K people will die from #Cancer, if...

Sudan's new premier will unveil the first cabinet since veteran leader Omar al-Bashir's overthrow within 48 hours, the country's ruling body said Tuesday, after the transition process was hit by delays. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, a seasoned UN economist who took up the job last month,...

The Sudanese state-run news agency says the German foreign minister has arrived in Sudan in the first such visit to the African country by a top German diplomat since 2011. SUNA's report says Heiko Maas landed in the capital, Khartoum,Tuesday. It says the visit is part of Germany's...

Horrific rights violations, including killings, torture and sexual violence, are being committed with impunity by all sides in Yemen's brutal conflict, UN war crimes investigators warned Tuesday. The investigators, appointed by the UN Human Rights Council in 2017, said they had "identified,...

Algeria’s army chief on Monday called for elections later this year to choose a new president after mass protests forced the resignation in April of veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika, state media reported. State television cited Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaed Saleh as saying the electoral...

Tunisia's 26 presidential candidates have launched their campaigns in a political climate marked by uncertainty, money laundering allegations and worries about violent extremism. There is no clear front-runner as campaigning began Monday for the Sept. 15 first-round vote to replace...

A Tunisian national guard chief and three militants were killed in an exchange of fire near the Algerian border on Monday, according to a local security source.  The shootout took place in a remote area near the town of Hidra in the Kasserine province, the source said on condition of...

The only functioning airport in the Libyan capital was closed on Sunday after being struck by artillery fire overnight. There were conflicting reports on the number of injuries at Mitiga airport. A media officer for the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) said four people had...

Sudan's hard-won transition to civilian rule fell further behind schedule Sunday, days after the new prime minister delayed the formation of the first government since veteran leader Omar al-Bashir was ousted. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, a seasoned UN economist who faces the daunting...

Airstrikes by the Arab-led coalition fighting Yemen's rebels hit a detention center in the southwestern province of Dhamar Sunday, killing at least 52 people, officials and the rebels' health ministry said. The officials said the airstrikes targeted a university in the city of Dhamar, which...

A Saudi-led military coalition said on Sunday it had launched air strikes on Houthi military targets in southwest Yemen that Houthi-run media said had hit a prison, killing dozens of people. The Sunni Muslim coalition, which has been battling the Iran-aligned Houthi movement for more than...

Southern Yemeni separatists said they arrested dozens of government loyalists in Aden Saturday after President Abed Rabbou Mansour Hadi's forces withdrew from the port city following airstrikes by the United Arab Emirates. The outbreak of hostilities between Yemen's Saudi-backed government...

A Sudanese court on Saturday charged ousted president Omar al-Bashir, on trial for corruption, with illegal acquisition and use of foreign funds. Judge Al-Sadiq Abdelrahman said at the third session of Bashir’s trial that foreign funds of multiple currencies were found at his home....

The Saudi-led Arab Military Coalition said on Thursday that a Houthi projectile cruise missile hit Abha International Airport, in southern part of the Kingdom. According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the official spokesman of coalition Colonel Turki Al-Malki said: "An enemy projectile...

Yemeni separatists have regained full control of the interim capital Aden following clashes with government forces who withdrew from the southern port city, security officials from both sides said Thursday. The separatists brought massive reinforcements from other regions in what appeared...

An abandoned oil tanker anchored off war-torn Yemen that is degrading along with its cargo could explode and cause an environmental disaster, experts said Wednesday as UN inspectors prepared to visit. The ship "Safer", used as a floating storage platform, is laden with some 1.1 million...

Tunisia’s Defence Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi will amend the constitution if he wins September’s presidential election to end an “unreasonable” division of power between the prime minister and the head of state, he told Reuters, a move rivals oppose. Zbidi, among a few prominent candidates in...

Yemen government forces have reclaimed control of the interim capital Aden, including the presidential palace, after the city was seized by separatists earlier this month, a minister said Wednesday. Forces loyal to the internationally recognized government of Yemeni President Abed Rabbou...

Forces loyal to Yemen's internationally-recognised government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi have recaptured Abyan province, a week after it was seized by southern separatists, officials said Wednesday. It was the second southern province to be retaken by government forces in southern...

After months of unrest, Sudan's newly-appointed prime minister is due on Wednesday to announce a cabinet that will be the first since veteran ruler Omar al-Bashir was deposed more than four months ago. Premier Abdalla Hamdok is set to name his key picks from a field put forward by the...