Mauritania's coup leaders have announced they will appoint a government to run the country until new elections, defying a chorus of international demands to restore the first democratically elected...
The U.N. Security Council may want to consider suspending any war crimes indictment of Sudan's president by the International Criminal Court, Russia's U.N. ambassador told reporters on Monday.
The...
Sudan said on Monday it expected African ministers meeting in Ethiopia to condemn the International Criminal Court's (ICC) move to indict President Omar Hassan al-Bashir over war crimes in Darfur....
Rival Lebanese leaders head for Qatar on Friday aiming to end a protracted political conflict that pushed the country to the brink of a new civil war.
One of the most influential members of the...
Sudan cut diplomatic relations with Chad on Sunday after an attack on the capital Khartoum by Darfur rebels which it said was supported by Chadian President Idriss Deby.
Rebels from Darfur's...
A rift over Lebanon may hit attendance at an Arab summit in Syria this month, but a total boycott looks unlikely given pressure on Arab governments to respond to violence in Gaza.
Diplomats in the...
African Union troops will arrive in Comoros in days to help the federal government wrestle back control of a renegade island, an AU official has said.
Tensions have been rising across the...
South Africa wants closer relations with Egypt and the League of Arab States, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday.
Foreign Affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma held various...