About 100 inmates out of more than 1,100 escaped convicts who fled during a prison riot in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi have been recaptured, according to officials. The prisoners were retaken on Sunday, the day...

Kidnappers in southern Somalia have freed two aid workers of the Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) who were abducted in 2011 from a refugee camp in northern Kenya, MSF said Thursday in a statement.

The future of Egypt remains full of uncertainties as supporters and opponents of ousted President Mohamed Morsi are still deeply divided. The military gave a 48-hour ultimatum Thursday for Islamists to join the national reconciliation dialogue.

The Obama administration said on Friday it plans to repatriate two inmates to Algeria from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, resuming the transfer of detainees from the controversial prison for the first time in nearly...

King Juan Carlos of Spain led a delegation of Spanish government officials and business leaders to Morocco this week. Ways to improve economic and security collaborations topped the agenda of the 3-day state visit, which ended on...

Spain has reaffirmed backing to ongoing efforts within the UN framework to find a just and lasting political solution to the Western Sahara conflict. The position was expressed in a joint Moroccan-Spanish statement released here on Thursday...

Spain’s King Juan Carlos arrived in Morocco on Monday at the start of a three-day state visit, accompanied by a large delegation of cabinet ministers and businessmen. The visit, at the invitation of King Mohammed VI, is...

The Egyptian presidency is preparing for national reconciliation talks, the date of which will be announced soon, an advisor to interim leader Adly Mansour has said. “National reconciliation will require sincere intentions and clear goals [from all...

South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday announced progress in Nelson Mandela’s health conditions as the former leader spends his fifth day in hospital. Zuma told parliament that the 94-year-old former president is “responding better to treatment”...

The secular centre-right Istiqlal party announced that five of its six ministers had resigned. It is not clear if Education Minister Mohammed el-Ouafa has followed his partners or not. Istiqlal party  is the second-largest party in parliament...