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Saudi Arabia on Monday put to death five people convicted of carrying out a deadly attack on a house of worship, state media said, the biggest group execution this year. The five men -- four Saudis and one Egyptian national -- were tried for an attack that killed five...

By Adrien Marotte and Soulé Dia: Relief swept Senegal and its supporters on Tuesday after President Macky Sall declared he would not seek a contested third term in office, a move that defused fears of bloodshed. Reactions at home and abroad were almost universally...

Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar, who backs the politically-split country's eastern administration, has threatened military action unless oil revenues are divided fairly by the end of August. The country sits on Africa's biggest oil reserves but the wedge...

By Robbie Corey-Boulet: Saudi Arabia said on Monday it was extending a voluntary oil production cut and Russia said it was slashing exports, as major producers tried to prop up slumping prices. The cut by Riyadh of one million barrels per day was first announced after...