Tunisia arrested 17 suspects on Tuesday in a manhunt for jihadists near the Libyan border after a deadly raid it described as an unprecedented assault by the Islamic State group (ISIS). Analysts said Monday’s co-ordinated attacks showed jihadists are keen to spread their influence from Libya to Tunisia and to …

Mali’s High Court on Monday rejected an attempt by a civil society collective to have President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita face a charge of high treason. A group of associations filed the complaint against Keita last week to the court, which is competent to judge the country’s leaders if accused by …

Nairobi – Almost 2 000 assault rifles plus grenade launchers and heavy machine guns were seized by an Australian warship, the navy said on Monday, part of international efforts to police the seas off Somalia. Sailors from Australia’s HMAS Darwin boarded the fishing boat that was “headed towards the Somalia …