US President Barack Obama has told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that a more "robust" international effort is needed to fight the Ebola crisis.
So-called Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militant group has set its sights outside the Middle East and has emboldened extremists in Africa operating in voids left by weak governments and rampant corruption, analysts warned.
Human Rights Watch has released a new report that documents the desperate conditions of people who fled poverty and armed conflict in Africa, only to be abused at the hands of human traffickers who have the backing and active support of some state security officers in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
Countries neighboring Nigeria are ready to wage war against the Nigeria-based, al-Qaeda-linked group, Boko Haram, Chad's president says.
Middle Eastern nations have increased their military expenditure by billions of dollars, with Saudi Arabia's budget now the fourth largest in the world, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
A testimony by a former US Air Force drone pilot has revealed that the US is using its Ramstein Air Base in Germany to wage highly controversial drone warfare in Africa, Yemen, and Pakistan.
Iran Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has left for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to attend a ministerial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Contact Group on the crisis in Mali.
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his country’s cooperation with African nations is aimed at promoting world peace and security.
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has started a farewell visit to three African countries, Niger, Ghana and Benin.
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to pay a farewell visit to three African countries, Niger, Ghana and Benin later this month.
Algerian special forces have successfully managed to free 650 hostages from rebels at a remote gas plant near the Libyan border, but some 60 foreigners are still missing, local media reported.