Africa

Tunis: The President of Tunisia Beji Caid Essebsi passed away on Thursday, state media in the North African country announced. Essebsi, the country's...

Tunis: A shipwreck off the coast of Libya could be the worst Mediterranean tragedy of the year according to the UN refugee agency (UNCHR). According to...

Mogadishu: The death toll in Monday's Mogadishu car bombing has risen to 17 while 28 others remain injured, medical officials in the country...

Tunis: Libya's UN-backed government warned against a new military escalation by the rival eastern-based army in the capital Tripoli. "The...

DRC: The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) ongoing Ebola outbreak a "Public Health Emergency of...

Khartoum: Sudan's Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the opposition Freedom and Change Alliance signed a power-sharing agreement on...

New York: UNICEF and its partners have launched an education access programme in Somaliland, where more than half of all children are out of...

Mogadishu: At least 15 militants were killed in a military operation in Somalia's southern regions barely a day after a terrorist attack left more than...

Cairo: Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities opened the 4,600-year-old Bent Pyramid at the Dahshur royal necropolis in Giza to visitors for the first time...

Tunis: Libyan coast guards on Saturday rescued 53 illegal immigrants off the coast of the city Sabratha, some 60 km west of the capital Tripoli. "A...