Yemen's Saudi-backed government accused Huthi rebels Saturday of using civilians as human shields in their renewed offensive against its last major toehold in the north. Earlier this month, the Iran-backed rebels resumed a push to capture the city of Marib, 120 kilometres (75 miles) east of...

Somali government troops and opposition supporters - including some soldiers - exchanged gunfire in Mogadishu on Friday in street clashes that broke out during a protest march over delayed elections. Demonstrators said they had been attacked first by the government forces. Residents...

Algeria Friday released a dozen "Hirak" protest movement activists from jail, the first batch freed under presidential pardons issued ahead of the second anniversary of a popular uprising. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in a long-awaited speech to the nation late Thursday, declared dozens...

At least five people were killed in the Afghan capital Kabul in back-to-back blasts caused by sticky bombs during morning rush hour, an official confirmed Saturday. Two private cars and a police patrol vehicle were targeted in the morning blasts, Kabul police spokesman Firdaus Faramarz told...