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Bamako, March 2, 2020 - Six Malian soldiers died and 10 were injured when militants armed with rocket launchers attacked a checkpoint in a central region of the conflict-torn nation, the army and a local official said Monday. The attack on Sunday night at Mondoro...

Tripoli, March 2, 2020 (AFP) - The UN's envoy to war-plagued Libya, Ghassan Salame, on Monday announced his  resignation citing health reasons nearly three years after taking up the post. "I tried to unite the Libyans and restrain foreign interference... but for...

Feb 27, 2020  - France on Thursday summoned Mali's ambassador after dismissing as "false" and "unacceptable" his claims of rowdy behaviour by French soldiers helping the West African nation combat an Islamic insurgency. Toumani Djime Diallo was summoned to the foreign...

Algiers, Feb 27, 2020 - The son of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been acquitted in a high-profile corruption case in which a prominent businessman was sentenced to prison, the national radio reported Thursday. Khaled Tebboune had been in pre-trial...