Crowds of Moroccans gathered Saturday to mourn two Scandinavian hikers brutally murdered by suspected jihadists in the High Atlas mountains. Hundreds of people paid tribute to Danish student Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, and 28-year-old Norwegian Maren Ueland outside the embassies of their homelands in the capital Rabat. Signs laid out or ...

Spain on Saturday authorised a ship carrying hundreds of migrants rescued off Libya to sail to its waters after Italy and Malta refused to receive them. The Spanish coastguard due to the refusal or lack of response from the nearest ports, has authorised (the ship's) movement to Spanish territorial waters, a government statement said, with the ...

Andry Rajoelina looks set to return to Madagascar's presidency, as partial results from Wednesday's run-off gave him a 10-point lead. Final results, expected next week, may be contested, with presidential rival Marc Ravalomanana claiming vote rigging. With three million ballots counted out of some five million cast, Rajoelina had won 55.1 percen ...

Seven people have been killed in two car bomb attacks near the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The jihadist al-Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the blasts outside the national theatre, 500 metres from the palace. The second blast was very big, witness Idil Hassan told AFP. I saw the dead bodies of several people, ...

Former Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina was set to return to power as partial election results on Saturday gave him a clear lead over his rival Marc Ravalomanana with more than half the votes counted. With over 3 million ballots counted out of about 5 million cast, Rajoelina had won 55.1 percent against 44.8 percent for Ravalomanana after We ...