The African Union on Wednesday threw its weight behind Italian and US-led moves to stabilise Libya that include arming a national unity government to fight Islamic State militants. Western powers are also keen to see Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj’s fledgling administration establish its authority over the whole country so it …

The US on Thursday delivered a batch of military hardware to Tunisia to help the North African country, which has suffered several attacks by the Islamic State (IS) group, secure its borders. Light aircraft, jeeps and communications systems were among the equipment handed over at a ceremony attended by US …

Two Malian soldiers, one of them a colonel, died in an explosion on Wednesday after their vehicle stepped on a landmine in northern Mali, military sources said. The incident occurred in Gao region and left many other soldiers critically injured. The injured were admitted at Gao hospital, according the same …