- 14 Sep 2012 00:00 - Chris McGreal, Ewen MacAskill, Ian Black,
- The United States has vowed to avenge the consulate attack that killed its ambassador and would work alongside the Libyan government.
- 10 Jul 2012 10:36 - Mehdi Hasan
- Even in polite society, fear-mongering and negative stereotyping are now out of control -- as I know from bitter experience, writes Mehdi Hasan.
- 11 Apr 2012 08:16 - Staff Reporter
- Mali's interim president will be sworn in on Thursday, ending a period of military rule that saw Tuaregs and Islamists seize half of the country.
- 08 Jan 2012 19:56 - Staff Reporter
- Youths in Kasserine, a town at the forefront of Tunisia's uprising a year ago, have now heckled the people their revolution brought to power.
- 07 Jan 2012 16:09 - Staff Reporter
- A visit by Gaza's Hamas leader has angered official Palestinian representatives in Tunisia who say they were 'ignored' during the talks.
- 07 Jan 2012 13:29 - Aminu Abubakar
- Hundreds of people have fled their homes in northeast Nigeria in fear, following deadly all-night gun battles between Islamists and security forces.
- 06 Dec 2011 15:38 - Staff Reporter
- Egypt's parliamentary elections have become hotly contested by rival Islamic groups all seeking to extend their early gains in the run-off vote.
- 28 Aug 2011 18:28 - Staff Reporter
- Police have arrested one of Egypt's most wanted Islamist militants as he arrived back in the country following an order to leave Iran.
- 30 Jul 2011 17:59 - Imed Lamloum
- The death of three journalists during Nato air strikes in Libya has been pinned on al-Qaeda instigation.
- 14 Nov 2008 12:12 - Abdi Sheikh
- Islamist rebels moved on Friday into a town on the outskirts of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, sparking fears among residents of renewed fighting.
- 12 Nov 2008 12:09 - Staff Reporter
- Somalia's hard-line al-Shabaab group on Wednesday took over the southern port of Merka, a key entry point for food aid.
- 22 Sep 2008 11:07 - Staff Reporter
- Islamist insurgents pounded Mogadishu on Monday in attacks that brought the death toll in the last 24 hours to at least 23 people, witnesses said.
- 28 Jul 2008 14:02 - Staff Reporter
- Hard-line Somali Islamist Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys said on Monday the exiled opposition would not negotiate with a rival faction.
- 08 Jul 2008 12:39 - Staff Reporter
- Heavily armed Islamist rebels have attacked the presidential palace and key installations in the Somali government's Baidoa headquarters.
