Africa
Algeria's former interim president Abdelkader Bensalah, who ruled the country during an unprecedented political crisis in 2019, died on Wednesday aged 80, the presidency said. Bensalah was named interim president after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stepped down in April 2019 following mass street protests to reject his plan to seek a fifth term, and demand political ...
A "failed" coup attempt took place on Tuesday in Sudan, state media said, as the Arab country undergoes political transformation since the ouster of Omar al-Bashir more than ...
Libya's House of Representatives on Tuesday withdrew confidence from the unity government of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh. The parliament decided to withdraw confidence from the government by ...
In a diplomatic move toward reparation, France's president on Monday asked for forgiveness for his country's treatment of a group of Algerian fighters who stood with the French ...
Libya's High Council of State said Sunday that it is keen on holding the Libyan elections on time as scheduled. The council head, Khaled al-Mishri, met on Sunday ...
The former president of Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has died after a long illness at the age of 84. Bouteflika led the country for almost two decades, stepping down ...
The United Nations' Security Council called upon Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to "resume negotiations" over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) built on the Nile River. In a ...
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that French military forces had killed Islamic militant Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the leader of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara. ...
India is considering resuming exports of COVID-19 vaccines soon, mainly to Africa, as it has partly immunised a majority of its adults and supplies have surged, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. India, the world's biggest maker of vaccines overall, stopped vaccine exports in April to focus on inoculating its own population ...
The embassies of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States in Libya on Sunday called for "all Libyan actors" to ensure the holding of parliamentary ...
