May 4, 2019 Sudanese take aim at Islamist 'deep state' left by al-Bashir The Sudanese protesters who succeeded in driving President Omar al-Bashir from power say their revolution won't be complete until they have dismantled what many describe as an Islamist-dominated "deep state" that underpinned his 30-year rule.
May 3, 2019 Boat capsizes in Strait of Gibraltar; 9 of 12 migrants drown An activist group that operates a hotline for migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea said Friday that nine of the 12 people on a Spain-bound boat drowned after hotline workers notified authorities in both Morocco and Spain of a distress call.
May 3, 2019 Algerians rally for 11th week to remove elite from power Tens of thousands of Algerians rallied for an 11th straight week Friday to maintain pressure on the old guard in government to leave office a month after the country's president of two decades was forced to resign.
May 3, 2019 Israel says 2 soldiers wounded by gunfire from Gaza The Israeli military says two soldiers have been wounded by gunshots from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
May 3, 2019 South Sudan rivals agree on 6-month extension in peace deal South Sudan's once-warring parties on Friday agreed to delay key next steps in a fragile peace deal by six months after the main opposition warned it might walk away.
May 2, 2019 UN experts: South Sudan security service works outside law U.N. experts say South Sudan's National Security Service has been operating outside the law and poses "a significant threat" to last September's fragile peace agreement, including by allegedly killing two government critics and arresting others.
May 2, 2019 Trial opens for 24 accused in killing, beheading of Scandinavian hikers in Morocco The trial of the 24 men accused of killing a Scandinavian hiker and beheading her friend late last year in Morocco is now underway.
May 2, 2019 Aerospace company Bombardier to sell UK, Morocco operations Canadian aerospace company Bombardier says it will sell businesses in Northern Ireland and Morocco as part of a broad restructuring.
May 2, 2019 German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledges aid to Burkina Faso German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged 46 million euros ($51 million) to help Burkina Faso fight Islamic extremism.
May 2, 2019 Sudanese to hold mass rally amid standoff with generals Sudan's protest movement plans to hold a mass rally as it steps up pressure on the military to hand over power to civilians following last month's overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir.