Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia on Friday swallowed their differences and presented a joint bid to secure coveted UN heritage status for couscous, UNESCO announced. The four countries applied to have the hearty dish added to UNESCO 39;s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, which showcases the world 39;s most treasured cultural prac ...

Anti-government protesters thronged the streets of Algeria 39;s capital and other cities on Friday, saying moves by top loyalists to abandon ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika were not enough. While there were no official figures, security sources said hundreds of thousands turned out in Algiers and that marches were held in at least 36 ...

Two assailants and a policeman were killed and two people injured in violence in Comoros Thursday, a minister said, after a defeated presidential candidate bidding to unseat the president was arrested. The Indian Ocean nation is in the grip of a political crisis following President Azali Assoumani 39;s victory in Sunday polls that his op ...