Nigeria offensive on Islamists escalates in key city
Maiduguri. A key city in northeast Nigeria was on lockdown Sunday as the military enforced a 24-hour curfew and blocked supply routes in its sweeping campaign against Islamist insurgents, AFP reports.

Car bombs, explosives discovered and defused: Libya PM
Tripoli. Libyan security services defused several car bombs and other explosives that were found in the past two days, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Sunday, AFP reports.

11 police, 3 protesters hurt in Tunis clashes: ministry
Tunis. Clashes between police and Salafist protesters in a Tunis suburb on Sunday injured at least 14 people, including 11 policemen, the interior ministry said in a statement, AFP reported.