National Japanese TV (NHK) has reported that the Japan’s foreign ministry is trying to confirm that Japanese nationals may have been kidnapped by Islamic militants in Algeria.

French troops have failed in a raid to rescue a hostage in Somalia because of strong resistance. French special forces launched an overnight operation to rescue an intelligence agent in southern Somalia on Friday.

Morocco’s elegant capital city of Rabat was designated a new UNESCO World Heritage Site this past July.

The UN Security Council has welcomed a ceasefire agreement reached on Friday between the government and opposition groups in the Central African Republic. President Francois Bozize and opposition leaders signed the truce, which was mediated by neighboring...

Islamist militants in Mali are reacting sharply to military intervention by the French against them. France, the former colonial ruler of Mali, launched the operation on Friday at the request of the Malian government. The militants controlling...

The Minister of Finance of Morocco Nizar Baraka was chosen after several rounds of discussions in the drafting of the magazine and after a survey of central bankers and economic experts, said those responsible for the publication...

The Mali army says its has recaptured the central towns of Konna and Douentza with the backing of reinforcement, especially air support. The army took back Konna just a few hours after losing it to rebels, a...

More violence was reported on Friday as the strike by farmworkers in South Africa’s Western Cape Province entered its third day, authorities said. Latest figures released by police showed that more than 80 protesters have been arrested...

The Central African Republic’s peace talks between the Seleka rebels, the government, the unarmed opposition as well as the civil society which began on Wednesday in Libreville, continued until late in the night without a release of...

The King of Morocco Mohammed VI received, on Wednesday at the Agadir royal palace, President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council Chakib Benmoussa who presented to the sovereign the guidelines on the southern provinces’ economic and...