US Secretary of State John Kerry says Washington can revise its decision of suspending military hardware deliveries to Egypt depending on steps the military-appointed government takes toward a political transition.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the kidnapping of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan by a group of gunmen.

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has reportedly been freed just hours after he was kidnapped by gunmen from a hotel in the capital, Tripoli.

Egypt has censured the United States for its decision to cut some military and economic aid to Cairo.

Egyptian security officials say a bomb attack has killed three army soldiers and a policeman in the country’s volatile Sinai Peninsula.

The Tunisian Forum for Social and Economic Rights says the death of over 300 African refugees in a recent shipwreck off the Italian island of Lampedusa was the outcome of Europe’s ‘war against migrants.’

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been kidnapped in the capital, Tripoli, the Libyan government has announced.

Gambia has accused the United States and Britain of fomenting multiple coup attempts and supporting the opposition in a bid to topple President Yahya Jammeh and destabilize the country.

The United States says it is cutting hundreds of millions of dollars in its annual aid to Egypt, pending Cairo’s move toward establishing a civilian government through fair election.

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir says the recent deadly protests in his country have been part of efforts made to overthrow his government.

A vacant Egyptian military office in the Sinai Peninsula has been the target of a bomb explosion attack, a security official says.

The US military has deployed a Marine force of 200 troops to an Italian base neighboring Libya in wake of the recent American raid in the North African nation to kidnap alleged al-Qaeda operative Abu Anas al-Libi.

Egyptian state-run media say the trial of ousted President Mohamed Morsi over the killing of protesters is to start on November 4.

At least 30 people have been killed and many others injured in the Central African Republic (CAR) in clashes between former rebels of the Seleka coalition and local groups, a security source says.

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is now on the country’s blacklist as the government has ordered the group’s removal from the list of approved non-governmental organizations.

The Sudanese government has freed most of protesters detained during demonstrations against the lifting of fuel subsidies in late September.

Anti-Israeli sentiments have increased among Tunisians following recent revelations of the presence of Israeli spies in the North African country, Press TV reports.

Obama on Tuesday staunchly defended his decision to order commando raids in Libya and Somalia last weekend, saying the United States would keep targeting al Qaeda-linked groups in Africa but had no intention of going to war there.

Violent extremist networks based in the Horn of Africa may be evolving and groups such as the Islamic Shebab militants will likely pose a regional threat for some time, top US officials said Tuesday.

The U.N. Security Council is planning to vote this week on a draft resolution that would urge the United Nations to explore the possibility of establishing a U.N. peacekeeping force in Central African Republic, diplomats said on Tuesday.