Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan says his brief kidnap this week was an "attempted coup", blaming his political opponents for the attack.

Ongoing violence and political turmoil in the country has seen many journalists arrested on the front line.

Libya's fraying political order can unravel, writes Shashank Joshi

[SPS]New York -The United Nations Committee in charge of special political issues and decolonization, also known as the Fourth Committee or Committee of 24, unanimously adopted Friday its work program ...

Islamist party agrees to union's initiative to begin talks with opposition and resolve political crisis.

Tunisia's governing Islamist Ennahda party and the opposition agree on the formation of a caretaker government to end months of political crisis.

Ali Larayedh has called a general election for December 17 after emergency meeting aimed at easing political tensions.

[Sudan Tribune]Khartoum -The Sudanese foreign minister Ali Karti said today that Egypt must seek to resolve its problems without foreign intervention and asserted Khartoum's full support of the Egyptia...

Voters across Mali cast their ballots in a presidential election aimed at reuniting the country after months of political turmoil.

Over 1,000 detainees escape from Al-Kuifiya prison near eastern Libyan city, while protesters storm political offices.