Africa

The French defense minister said forces have killed about 40 suspected jihadists in sweeps in northern Mali in recent weeks. Jean-Yves Le Drian says militants linked to al Qaeda’s north African wing have recently been trying to regroup. French

France on Friday urged Algerian authorities to respect the fundamental freedoms and rights to peaceful marches and expression after preventing a manifestation of opposition before the presidential elections.

France warned Friday its partners in the European Union they must respect their commitments to help the situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), noting that the EU had not received the promises to deploy forces in

Tunisia’s president on Thursday lifted the state of emergency that has been in place since the outbreak of a popular revolution three years ago, and a top military chief said soldiers stationed in some of the

Egypt’s new prime minister on Sunday called for a halt to protests and strikes to give a break to rebuild the nation after more than three years of deadly crisis , a call made ​​by his predecessors , to no avail . Ibrahim Mehlib made ​​this call in an address …

French President Francois Hollande will pay a visit to Central African Republic’s capital of Bangui on Friday, following its official travel to Nigeria, French president’s office said Thursday.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to encourage Turkey to play an active role in a military mission to help end sectarian unrest in the Central African Republic.

Minister of Housing Ibrahim Mahlab projection was named Tuesday as the new Prime Minister of Egypt after the resignation of the military installed after the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi Islamist last year cabinet.

It would be a raging genocide in the Central African Republic, if the French troops were not deployed, said foreign minister Laurent Fabius on Tuesday ahead of the parliamentary vote to extend the military mission. The issue has divided the French parliament vote to extend the operation but Sangare, whose …

Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem Beblawy on Monday announced the resignation of his military-backed government in a surprise measure. Local media had been predicting a limited Cabinet reshuffle to allow Army chief and Defence Minister Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi to resign and run for President in an election scheduled for mid-April under a …