Two people were killed and three others injured in the last 24 hours during sectarian clashes in the desert province of Ghardaia, 6,000 km southeast of Algiers, a local medical source told Xinhua Saturday.

The Moroccan King Mohammed VI held on Saturday a phone conversation with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, says a release of the Royal office.

Ivorian Minister of Trade and Handicrafts, Jean- Louis Billon has considered Morocco an example of success in crafts.

The African Union (AU) has welcomed the launch of the South Sudan SPLM intra-party dialogue forum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Two Libyan oil terminals have reopened, after rebels agreed partially to lift their oil blockade in a deal reached with the government. The terminals of Zueitina and Hariga in the east are now in government hands, the...

The World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and African Development Bank (AfDB) have endorsed Nigeria’s new Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of approximately 509.9 billion U.S. dollars released on Sunday and placing the West African country as the...

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Saturday appointed Moussa Mara as the country’s prime minister to replace Oumar Tatam Ly who resigned from the position, minister for the Presidency Tidiani Djime Diallo said.

Morocco is “a stabilization force” in the region, said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday in Rabat, stressing that Morocco and the USA are standing side by side to reinforce regional security.

Aid agencies have temporarily suspended their operations in northern Kenya’s Dadaab refugee complex following three explosions at the airstrip on Thursday night.

Clashes between Amazigh and Arab residents of Al-Shoba and Haj-Masood neighbourhoods in the Algerian province of Ghardaia renewed on Sunday, tens of deaths and injuries were reported.