Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar has visited neighboring Tunisia for talks with President Beji Caid Essebsi, who offered to act as a mediator between rival Libyan factions.

Libyan security forces have found the bodies of 16 refugees near the country’s border with Egypt, amid suspicion that they have been left behind by traffickers.

Vote counting is underway in Abyei after residents of the contested African region took part in an unofficial referendum to decide whether they belong to Sudan or South Sudan.

Egypt is deeply concerned about the UN speech by Tunisian President Moncef Marzouk who called on Cairo to release “political prisoners” including ousted President Mohamed Morsi.

An Algerian security source says President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has officially ordered the army to launch military operations against “terrorists” operating near the border with Tunisia and Libya.

President Barack Obama named his special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan on Wednesday, appointing experienced Africa hand Donald Booth to oversee peace-building efforts in the insurgency-plagued region.

A total of 15 people were killed and 5 others injured on the Sudanese-Libyan border when their vehicle overturned in a border guard chase, said Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sunday.

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit will visit Sudan on Wednesday to launch the exportation of his country's oil from Port-Sudan, Khartoum's Almeghar Al-Siasi daily reported Sunday.

South Sudan's president says he and Sudan's president have agreed to a resumption of oil exports and border trade.

Sudan has supplied weapons and ammunition to rebels fighting neighboring South Sudan's government, says a report from the Small Arms Survey, an independent Swiss research group.

The UN envoy dealing with Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, will travel to North Africa next week for consultations on the next phase of negotiations aimed at resolving the long-running conflict in the region, a UN spokesman announced here on Friday.

Death toll in the bomb attack on a Coptic Orthodox church in Libya's Mesrata City late Saturday rose to two people after one of the three wounded in the attack died.

South Sudan says Sudan has launched attacks inside its territory, killing at least five people.

Egypt and Cameron have signed a cooperation protocol in the areas of farming and animal wealth, which starts with setting up the first farm in Cameron at an area of 550 feddans.

Visiting Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil said Tuesday here that Egypt and Algeria have agreed to intensify their commercial exchanges and investment volume for a beneficial partnership.

Desert locust swarms are set to invade North Africa in the coming weeks, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today, as it highlighted ongoing efforts to raise almost $6 million still needed to cover regional control costs for the rest of the year.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan signed economic and security agreements Thursday that will allow a resumption of oil exports from South Sudan. The two countries also reached deals for a demilitarized zone between their borders and a cessation of all hostilities that brought the countries to the brink of all-out war just a few months ago.

The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan signed economic and security agreements Thursday that will allow a resumption of oil exports from South Sudan. The two countries also reached deals for a demilitarized zone between their borders and a cessation of all hostilities that brought the countries to the brink of all-out war just a few months ago.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan have not yet reached a deal on where their shared border lies.

The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan have resumed talks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to resolve prolonged border disputes.