N special envoy to Libya Martin Kobler said he is satisfied by the initiative launched by Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi to hold a summit between Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt to find a political solution to the Libyan crisis, in a statement to Russian news agency Sputnik reported by local …

The longstanding relations between Algeria and Iraq were at the centre of discussions between Speaker of the Council of the Nation (Upper House of Parliament) Abdelkader Bensalah and Iraq’s Ambassador to Algeria Abderrahmane Hamed Mohamed Husseini, said the Upper House in a statement. The two sides underlined “the willingness of …

Cameroon said on Wednesday its military offensive against Boko Haram across the Nigerian border has made major progress, with scores of jihadists killed and hundreds of hostages freed since December. But in a sign of continuing jihadist trouble, four would-be human bombs – two young boys and two teenaged girls …