NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday discussed the security situation in Libya with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj, saying NATO stands ready to support Libya. Speaking at the joint press conference, Stoltenberg said he was encouraged by the progress being made in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) …

Fresh clashes broke out around South Sudan’s second-largest city of Malakal on Tuesday, a rebel spokesman and a government official said, the latest turn in the struggle for the capital of the oil-producing Upper Nile region. The United Nations said Malakal, on the banks of the White Nile near the …

Sudan and Egypt agreed on Tuesday not to raise the issue of Halayeb Triangle disputed between the two countries, official Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported. The agreement came at a meeting between Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the sidelines of the ongoing African …