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Tunisia forces killed nine militants, including a top commander, during a raid late on Saturday, the government said, hours before world leaders were due to march in Tunis in solidarity after an attack on the Bardo museum this month. French President Francois Hollande was among those expected to attend the march, along with thousands of …

Seven Libyan soldiers were killed and 12 others wounded by a suicide attack on an army checkpoint in the eastern city of Benghazi, according to military sources. Investigation officer of the army’s special forces Fadl Al-Hassi conformed on Tuesday the casualties, saying the suicide bomber used an armored car.

Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita received Monday in Algiers Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, who paid him a courtesy visit. The audience took place in the state residence of Zeralda attended by Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra and Minister of Industry and Mines, Abdessalam Bouchouareb. Mali president arrived Sunday in Algiers for …

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has received Monday in Algiers his Malian counterpart Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who is on a state visit to Algeria. The audience was attended by Speaker of the Council of the Nation (Upper House of Parliament) Abdelkader Bensalah, Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, State Minister, Principal Private Secretary …

Lawmakers in South Sudan on Tuesday voted to extend the tenure of President Salva Kiir by three years, a move the government had said was necessary for stability amid an ongoing rebellion led by a former deputy president. The measure, passed by more than two-thirds of the legislators on Tuesday, …

Three Egyptian soldiers were killed on Tuesday in the Sinai peninsula. A conscript was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the city of Al-Arish in North Sinai. The attackers were riding a car when they shot the conscript near Al-Arish’s central security headquarters.

The leaders of Ethiopia and Egypt said on Tuesday that they are hopeful talks over sharing Nile River waters will end in agreement. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi told reporters in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, where he is on an official visit, that Ethiopia and Egypt are “on the …

he United Nations envoy Bernardino Leon on Tuesday set out proposals to end the conflict between Libya’s two rival governments. Leon proposed the formation of a presidential council made up of independent personalities acceptable to all sides, the UN Support Mission in Libya said. The House of Representatives, the parliament …

Tunisia’s national museum on Tuesday delayed a planned reopening after last week’s attack on foreign tourists due to security concerns, its head of communications Hanene Srarfi said. “We have been surprised at the last minute, but the interior ministry says that for security reasons we cannot receive a large number …

One Tunisian soldier was killed and two wounded in a landmine blast late on Sunday in a central region bordering Algeria where security forces have been fighting Islamist militants, authorities said. Tunisian forces are on high alert after gunmen stormed the Bardo museum in Tunis last week, killing 20 foreign …