Africa

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, Sudanese President Omar Bashir, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn agreed Wednesday to form a supreme council for mutual economic and political issues. The meeting was on the margins of the African economic summit in Sharm al-Sheikh.

Somalia’s prime minister predicted Monday that al-Shabaab extremists will be defeated militarily by the end of the year but he said tackling the root causes that attract young people to the al-Qaeda-linked group will take some time. Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke told reporters after a closed-door meeting of the UN …

Suspected jihadists killed a policeman in a rare attack in southern Mali Wednesday, hoisting their black flag at the local military base, just days before the country’s main Tuareg-led rebel movement is expected to sign a peace deal. The West African nation remains divided among rival armed factions, plagued by …

Islamic State (IS)-affiliated militants on Tuesday took over a power plant in the northern coastal city of Sirte in Libya, according to the group and a military source. “The caliphate soldiers stormed the power plant, where the infidels of Libya Dawn were stationed. They took over the plant with the …

Security forces targeted early Tuesday a group of “highly dangerous extremists” in North Sinai, killing five of them, a military source said. The source said four of the killed suspected militants were plotting a “terrorist operation” against security forces in the Sheikh Zuweid region.

President of The United Nations General Assembly, Sam Kahamba Kutesa, on Monday here hailed the “leadership and contribution” of Algeria to the settlement of the Malian crisis. “I commend Algeria for its leadership and contribution to resolving the conflict in Mali. This process was led by the Algerian top diplomat …

Representatives of Libya’s internationally-recognised parliament have suspended their participation in United Nations-brokered talks over a proposed power-sharing scheme with a rival Islamist-led government. A spokesperson for the parliament’s negotiators, Essa Abdel-Kauoum, told The Associated Press the council made its decision on Tuesday after UN envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon “succumbed” …

There will only be a political solution in Libya,” said French Defence Minister Jean Yves Le Drian Tuesday, adding that the United Nations Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Bernardino Léon is holding consultations today and tomorrow in Berlin to reach a political solution.

Algeria’s Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and Arab League Abdelkader Messahel has underlined the importance of countering terrorism and organized crime committed by organizations due to instability. The minister made the remark on Sunday during a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shukry on coordinated arrangements for an expected …

Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry met with his Italian and Algerian counterparts in Cairo Monday to discuss the current Libyan crisis, according to the ministry’s webpage. During the meeting, Shoukry stressed on the importance to continue supporting the efforts of UN Special Representative for the Southern Mediterranean, Bernardino …