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Forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed unity government on Thursday took control of Tripoli International Airport, which was largely destroyed in ...

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has been dogged by reports of poor health, has returned to Luanda after ...

The head of the United Nations refugee agency on Sunday urged Libyan authorities to free all asylum seekers and refugees ...

An attack on an airbase in southern Libya has killed at least 141 people, mostly soldiers loyal to renegade General's ...

Libya's foreign minister said Tuesday a rival general must accept civilian rule in order to play a role in the ...

Forces loyal to Libya's military strongman Khalifa Haftar on Monday launched an offensive to oust jihadist from their last two ...

British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson held talks Friday with the head of Libya's parliament, a day after visiting Tripoli to ...

Libya has seized two foreign-flagged oil tankers and detained their crews for allegedly smuggling fuel after an hours-long gunbattle off ...

Venezuela says it is quitting the Organization of American States in anger at pressure from the bloc over the government's ...

Angola's cabinet said on Monday that elections will be held on August 23 to choose a successor to President Eduardo ...

Seven Angolan opposition activists have been sentenced to 45 days in jail over a protest calling for transparency in August ...

Seven Angolan opposition activists have been sentenced to 45 days in jail over a protest calling for transparency in next ...

Libya's unity government has called for "urgent intervention" by the international community to end military escalation in its south, warning ...

A judge in Lagos on Thursday ordered Nigeria's anti-graft agency to release one of several bank accounts frozen as part ...

Forces loyal to eastern Libya's strongman Khalifa Haftar said Monday they were preparing a large counter-offensive to retake key oil ...

Angola's likely next president Joao Lourenco on Monday declared war on graft in the notoriously corrupt country, as he starts ...

The head of a former government announced plans Thursday to reopen Tripoli's airport that was heavily damaged in fighting in ...

Six years after the start of an uprising that toppled a dictator, Libyans in Tripoli see no reason to celebrate ...

Libya's transition has been bogged down by insecurity and chaos, leaving the country looking like a "failed state" six years ...

Alhaji Said Sinari, Ghana’s envoy to Saudi Arabia is reported to have told the media that New Patriotic Party (NPP) ...