Tunisian president sets presidential election date for Oct. 6 -statement

Morocco's counterterrorism agency said on Monday it had foiled attack plots targeting sensitive sites and public security by a cell loyal to Islamic State's affiliate in the Sahel.

Egyptian archaeologists have announced two significant discoveries, a series of Greco-Roman tombs on the Mediterranean coast and the remains of a Byzantine-era city deep in the western desert.

Algeria marks its independence day on July 5, 64 years since the end of French colonial rule and the birth of a nation that promised its people dignity, freedom and prosperity.