Africa

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Cairo Wednesday to meet with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi in his short trip. It’s Kerry’s second visit to Egypt in less than a month. He will discuss with Sisi a range of bilateral and regional issues.

Algerian anti-terrorism forces on Tuesday killed a militant and arrested another one in a wide-scale operation in the province of Bouira, 120 km to the southeast of the capital city of Algiers, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The US government is ready to loosen a ban on arms exports to Libya, in a bid to help the country’s fledgling unity government fight the Islamic State group, officials and diplomats have told AFP. Under White House-backed plans, the United Nations would carve out exemptions to an embargo introduced …

Nigeria was on Saturday hosting talks on Boko Haram with regional and Western powers, as the UN warned of the militants’ ties to the Islamic State group and its threat to African security. Leaders from Benin, Cameroon, Chad and Niger were among the delegates, alongside French President Francois Hollande, and …

Ending conflict in Libya can only be achieved through a political deal, Libyan and regional leaders said Wednesday after African Union-led talks. “The only solution to bring an end to the current crisis in Libya is a political settlement,” Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Dayri said after meeting with the AU’s …

The African Union on Wednesday threw its weight behind Italian and US-led moves to stabilise Libya that include arming a national unity government to fight Islamic State militants. Western powers are also keen to see Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj’s fledgling administration establish its authority over the whole country so it …

The US on Thursday delivered a batch of military hardware to Tunisia to help the North African country, which has suffered several attacks by the Islamic State (IS) group, secure its borders. Light aircraft, jeeps and communications systems were among the equipment handed over at a ceremony attended by US …

Two Malian soldiers, one of them a colonel, died in an explosion on Wednesday after their vehicle stepped on a landmine in northern Mali, military sources said. The incident occurred in Gao region and left many other soldiers critically injured. The injured were admitted at Gao hospital, according the same …

The seven terrorists killed Wednesday in Bouira by forces of the People’s National Army, have been identified, said Thursday the Algerian Ministry of National Defence in a communiqué. “As part of the fight against terrorism, the seven criminals eliminated, yesterday 11 May 2016, by an Army detachment near the locality …

A jihadist militant detonated his explosives belt killing four policemen during a raid by security forces in southern Tunisia on Wednesday, the Interior Ministry said. It said a firefight erupted between militants in the Tatouine governorate and a national guard unit acting on information from an “anti-terrorist” operation earlier the …