In South Africa’s local elections, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) suffered a historic defeat in Tshwane municipality, which is home to the country’s administrative capital Pretoria, to the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA).

An Air Algerie flight traveling to the French city of Marseille has been forced to return to Algiers due to a technical failure.

Forces loyal to the Libyan unity government are preparing to launch a final offensive against the Daesh Takfiri terrorists to fully recapture the coastal city of Sirte.

Tunisian troops have killed at least two Takfiri militants in the troubled northwest of the country, after a series of terrorist attacks by Daesh militants left dozens dead in the North African country.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed serious concerns about the ongoing violence in South Sudan, saying the African country stands “on the brink of an abyss.”

The Multinational Joint Task Force headquartered in Chad has regained control of a town in northeastern Nigeria from the grip of the Takfiri Boko Haram militants.

Ten people have been killed and thousands of others left homeless as rains unleashed floods in vast areas of Niger, the UN says.

At least five members of forces allied with the UN-backed Libyan unity government have been killed in fresh clashes with Takfiri Daesh terrorists amid operations to liberate the northern city of Sirte.

The UN Security Council (UNSC) has voted to deploy a UN police force to restive Burundi, in its toughest measure aimed at helping end over a year of violence in the West African country.

Tunisia’s Prime Minister Habib Essid has been voted out of office by the country’s parliament.

Al-Qaeda-linked militants have attacked a police base in Somali capital with two car bomb blasts, leaving at least nine people dead, including four attackers.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says projects by the Israeli and Saudi Arabian regimes to portray Iran as a threat to the world have been falling flat over the past years.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has stressed the importance of facilitating banking relations with Ghana in a bid to improve bilateral cooperation.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic is ready to cooperate with Ghana in the fight against terrorism and extremism.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reiterated the Islamic Republic’s support for Nigeria in its campaign against al-Qaeda and Boko Haram terrorist groups.

Libyan rescue workers have in recent days recovered 87 dead bodies of drowned refugees that washed up on a western beach, media reports say.

South Sudan’s president has replaced his vice president and rival Riek Machar, in a move that could undermine last year’s peace accord and trigger a fresh wave of violence in Africa’s youngest nation.

The UN chief has warned that Daesh terrorists may set up new terror cells in Libya and North Africa as Libyan forces are advancing further against the Takfiri group in Sirte, its major stronghold.

Tunisia’s president has extended for two months a nationwide state of emergency following a deadly bomb attack in November 2015.

The Nigerian military says 19 soldiers have gone missing after the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group ambushed military forces in the embattled northeastern province of Borno.