The UN Security Council asked armed rebel groups in Mali to seize the historic opportunity and sign a peace agreement aiming at addressing different dimensions of the crisis, according to a statement released by the council Friday. The Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, which was signed on March …

Algeria’s efforts for peace in Mali and Libya show its commitment to preserving the territorial integrity in those two neighbouring countries, the speaker of the People’s National Assembly (Lower House of Parliament), Mohamed Larbi Ould Khelifa, has said.

Aid from the Egyptian Armed Forces to Syrian refugees in Lebanon will arrive in Beirut over three days starting Tuesday. The aid, which will be loaded in three airplanes, consists of medicine, medical supplies, foods, tents, blankets and other relief supplies, and will go to refugees in Arsal in east …