Libya's "recognized" government, now exiled to the country's east, called for international air-strikes against ISIS positions in the country—a call rejected by the "rebel" regime in Tripoli.
Fighting erupted between Tuareg militias in northern Mali, breaking the ceasefire and threatening peace talks scheduled to resume this week in neighboring Niger.
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and related networks are said to control Saharan smuggling routes for Moroccan hashish to fund their regional operations.
Saif al-Islam Qaddafi was sentenced to death in absentia by a court controlled by the Tripoli-based government, while he is held by a militia loyal to the rival Tobruk-based government.
In the wake of ISIS attacks on tourists, Tunisia's parliament voted to approve a new anti-terror law—despite strong criticism from human rights groups and the left opposition.
Warring parties in Libya signed a preliminary UN-sponsored peace agreement—but without the Islamist-led Libya Dawn coalition that continues to hold Tripoli.
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika issued emergency measures to combat the ethnic-driven civil unrest in the southern city of Ghardaia, which has pitted Arabs against Berbers.
ISIS loyalists were driven out of Libya's eastern city of Derna by a coalition of rival jihadists, signaling a struggle between ISIS and al-Qaeda for control of the local franchise.
US warplanes carried out air-strikes on Ajdabiya, Libya, killing several leading members of the Ansar al-Sharia militant network which had recently proclaimed for ISIS.
Both the Islamist-led Libyan Dawn coalition that controls Tripoli and the more secular "official" government now exiled to Tobruk are battling ISIS forces in Libya.
As Libyan peace talks open in Morocco, ISIS militants abduced 86 Eritrean Christian migrants—including 12 women and several children—at a roadblock outisde Tripoli.
ISIS forces are in control of most of Moammar Qaddafi's hometown of Sirte, sucessfully repulsing an effort to retake the town by forces aligned with the Libya Dawn coalition.
