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Beards without moustaches, the trademark of ultraconservative Islamists, were all the rage at this campaign rally, among both speakers and the men in the audience, while women wearing full-face veils sat on a separate side of a multicolored tent

Nigerian officials say suicide bombs have killed at least 64 people in multiple blasts in the northeastern towns of Gombe and Damaturu, scaring people into staying home during the Muslim Eid al-Fitr celebrations

The U.S military says it launched weekend airstrikes targeting and likely killing an al-Qaida-linked militant leader in eastern Libya

Governor of Xinjiang province warns that extreme Islamist elements want to ban laughter and tears at weddings and funerals

Nearly three months after the military ousted president Mohammed Morsi, a relative calm has returned to Egypt, but the population has been left divided and deeply polarized.

The EU training mission to Mali launched this week. As the Malian Army, known for human rights abuses, is strengthened, rights groups call for oversight.

A new report states that engagement, not censorship, can be the most effective deterrent of online extremist and terrorist activity.

The killing of U.S. Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, was a terrorist attack, the White House said Thursday.

Libyans are expressing their outrage over the burning of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi on the streets in Libya and online following the death of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.

Libyan officials expressed dismay after Sufi Muslim shrines were partially destroyed by militants over the weekend.

Libya will hold its first free elections Friday, with thousands of candidates seeking election to the country’s General National Congress.

An Egyptian presidential candidate who has been knocked out of the first round of voting will file a complaint over alleged irregularities in the recent polls.