Eastern Libyan forces have seriously damaged with air strikes a civilian airport in western Libya lacking any military use, the United Nations said on Sunday. Last week, the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) force said it had twice bombed the airport of Zuwara, a town west of...

As the crowd erupted into a thunderous roar to mark the signing of a declaration on Sudan's transitional constitution, 19-year-old Ali broke into tears for his dead brother. "My brother was shot dead on June 3," he said, referring to the brutal crackdown on a protest sit-in that eventually...

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi appointed Lieutenant General Osama Rabie as chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, the presidency said in a statement Saturday. Its previous head, Mohab Mamish, was appointed as an advisor to the president on seaports, the statement said. The Suez...

Coalition warplanes fired flares over Yemen's Aden at dawn Saturday, residents said, near camps occupied by southern separatist fighters who last week seized control of the port city, which had been the interim seat of the government. The coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, overnight Saturday...

Sudan's military rulers and protest leaders on Saturday are scheduled to sign a landmark deal reached after a bloody uprising which is meant to pave the way for civilian rule. The ceremony will officialise a constitutional declaration inked on August 4 between the country's Transitional...

Three people were wounded in raids by forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar against two airports controlled by the unity government in northern Libya, the UN-recognised government said Friday. Tripoli's sole functioning airport Mitiga and Zuwara airfield were targeted for the second...

Yemen's Houthis launched more drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's Abha international airport on Friday, the Iran-backed group’s military spokesperson said. The spokesperson said "the attacks have halted air traffic at the airport". There was no immediate confirmation of the attacks from the...

Sudan has allowed Qatari broadcaster Al-Jazeera to reopen its Khartoum office, which they had shut down in May, the channel's director in the Sudanese capital told AFP Friday. "The Sudanese authorities have agreed to let us resume our work in covering Sudan," Al-Musallami Al-Kabbashi said....

Amnesty International is urging Sudan's military rulers to hand over longtime autocrat Omar Al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court to stand trial for war crimes and genocide linked to the Darfur conflict. Amnesty's statement Friday – just two days before al-Bashir is to go on trial...

Human Rights Watch is urging authorities in eastern Libya to exert "all possible efforts" to ensure the safe return of a female lawmaker abducted from her home last month by armed men. The lawmaker, Seham Sirqiwa, is a prominent critic of Khalifa Hifter, whose forces are now fighting to...

Yemen's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday it is suspending operations in the provisional capital Aden until calm is restored after separatists backed by the United Arab Emirates seized parts of the city over the weekend. "The Foreign Ministry regrets to announce that the work of its...

Flash floods caused by heavy rain have killed at least 46 people across Sudan in the past two weeks, a health official said Thursday. Health Ministry Undersecretary Suleiman Abdel Jabbar said the rain and floods have affected 16 of the country’s 18 states. Some 9,260 homes have been...

Sudan's main opposition alliance will nominate economist Abdalla Hamdok to serve as prime minister in the country's transitional government, sources told Reuters Thursday. Sudan's sovereign council, which will be sworn in Monday, will appoint the prime minister based on the nomination from...

Thousands of Yemenis marched through Aden Thursday demanding renewed independence for the south after separatist fighters drove unionist forces out of its former capital in deadly fighting last week. The demonstrators rallied in the Khormaksar district in the heart of the sprawling port...

Flights were suspended Thursday at Libya’s Mitiga International Airport in capital Tripoli after it was hit by random shelling. A flight of the Afriqiyah Airways was forced to land at the Misrata Airport due to the attack, said a statement issued by the airport. The airport did not...

Yemen’s southern separatists vowed on Wednesday to keep control over Aden, warning the only way out of the impasse that has fractured a Saudi-led military alliance was for Islamists and northerners to be removed from positions of power in the south. The separatists, supported by coalition...

A Sudanese rebel alliance says it should be represented in the transitional government formed by the military and the pro-democracy movement following an agreement reached earlier this month. Yesir Arman, a senior official in the Sudan Revolutionary Front, told The Associated Press...

Tunisia's electoral commission said Wednesday it had approved 26 candidates including two women for next month's presidential election, rejecting 71 other applicants. The September 15 vote follows the death at age 92 last month of Beji Caid Essebsi, the first president to be democratically...

The graffiti that symbolised Sudan's uprising are being painted over across the capital Khartoum, protest leaders complained Wednesday, urging the military authorities to stop their whitewashing. The Forces for Freedom and Change that led the months-long protest movement that brought down...

Heavy rain in Sudan has caused extensive flooding that killed at least seven people in the country's south Tuesday, the state news agency reported. "Seven citizens were killed, two injured and 10 villages affected by rain and flooding in Jazira state," SUNA said. The downpours, which...