Egyptian security forces killed on Monday a leading Islamic State (IS) militant in a gunfight in Cairo, according to the Interior Ministry. Ashraf Ali el-Gharabli is a leading member of IS-affiliated Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group, which carried out a series of attacks in the North African country, the ministry said …

The 7+7 coordinating committee of Sudan’s National Dialogue has agreed to add participants from disputed areas near Egypt and South Sudan, the dialogue’s secretary general said Thursday. Hashim Ali Salem told the press at Friendship Hall that Zachariah Atem from Abyei, Issa Hassan from Halayeb, and Ahmed Osman from Shalateen …

United Nations Security Council on Saturday expressed concern over Libya’s ongoing political, security and institutional crises and the rising threat of terrorism, said a press statement of the council. Expressing “concern about the ongoing fighting, destruction and growing humanitarian toll in various parts of the country,” the council called for …