North Africa
Libya Asks Italy To Arm Migrant Patrol Boats
Libya on Thursday asked Italy to arm the patrol boats it uses in the fight against illegal immigration across the...
Patrol Boats Repaired In Italy Handed Over To Libya
Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti on Monday handed over to the Libyan coastguard four patrol boats repaired in...
EU, US To Discuss Potentially Chaotic Airline Laptop Ban Wednesday
Top US and EU officials will meet on Wednesday to discuss a controversial plan to outlaw carry-on laptops and other...
EU, US To Discuss Possible Airline Laptop Ban Wednesday
The European Union will hold high-level talks with the United States in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss a possible US...
Italy Rescues 484 People From the Mediterranean
Seven bodies were recovered and 484 people were rescued from boats in the Mediterranean Sea while attempting to cross...
EU Demands Talks With US Over Possible Airline Laptop Ban
The EU is seeking urgent talks with Washington over a possible US ban on carry-on computers on European flights to the...
Thousands of Migrants Rescued In Mediterranean In Two Days
Illegal migrants, who were rescued by the Libyan coastguard in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan Some 6,000 migrants...
Libya Intercepts 350 Migrants After Duel At Sea
Libya's coastguard on Wednesday intercepted a wooden boat packed with more than 350 migrants after duelling with a...
US Mulling Extending Carry-On Computer Ban To Europe
US authorities are considering banning carry-on computers on European flights to the United States, widening the...
Surprise Resignation For Tunisia Vote Chief
Tunisia's election chief Chafik Sarsar has resigned just months before the country is due to hold its first...
Migrants Storm Border Fence From Morocco Into Spain
About 100 African migrants stormed over a high double fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla on...
Nearly 200 Asylum Seekers Feared Dead Off Libya Coast
Eleven migrants have died and nearly 200 are missing after two boats carrying asylum seekers sank off the coast of...
Pressure On Shekau, Buhari’s Health Led To Chibok Girls’ Release
Military pressure, in-fighting within Boko Haram and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's health combined to secure...
11 Migrants Dead, 200 Missing In Mediterranean Sinkings
Eleven migrants have died and nearly 200 are missing after two boats sank off the coast of Libya, UN agencies said...
Egypt Parliament Passes Investment Law
Egypt's parliament on Sunday adopted a law whose aim is to attract foreign investors to the country as authorities seek...
Frenchman Kidnapped In Chad Freed In Sudan
A French mineworker who was kidnapped in Chad and taken to neighbouring Sudan has been freed after more than six weeks...
6,000 Migrants Rescued In Mediterranean In Two Days
Some 6,000 migrants hoping to head to Europe were rescued in the Mediterranean on Friday and Saturday in dozens of...
Libya Rescues 129 Migrants Stranded At Sea
Gunmen mugged 129 migrants on a rubber dinghy headed for Europe and also stole the craft's motor, abandoning them off...
Migrant Rescues, Deaths In Med As NGOs Cry Foul
Rescuers in the Mediterranean raced Friday to the aid of more than 20 migrant dinghies in distress as the debate in...