US President Barack Obama on Thursday spoke with President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan by video conference, along with Chief Executive Officer Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the White House announced. Obama “encouraged accelerated Afghan progress toward forming an inclusive national unity government and expressed his expectation that their visit to Washington later …

The strengthening of the “brotherly” relations between Tunisia and Algeria “requires regular and continuous consultations,” said Wednesday in Algiers Tunisia’s Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche. In a statement to the press upon his arrival in Algiers for a two-day visit, the Tunisian minister said that “the strengthening of the brotherly relations …

Libyan political figures called for an “immediate halt” to military operations, at the end of a UN-backed meeting in the Algerian capital on Wednesday. Envoys of six parties and five activists said their Algiers declaration, after two days of talks, aimed to send “a strong, clear and united message on …