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Cairo, Feb 25, 2020 - Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak ruled with an iron fist for 30 years before being deposed amid street protests, defending his chequered reign to the end. He died Tuesday aged 91. Once dubbed "the Pharaoh" for his long, autocratic rule, he...

Geneva, Feb 24, 2020 (By Nina LARSON- AFP) - Libya's warring sides have hashed out a draft ceasefire agreement, the UN said Monday, even as Libyan leaders decried international inaction to rein in hostilities still raging in the war-ravaged country. The United Nations...

Algiers, Feb 24, 2020 - An Algerian prosecutor is seeking a year's prison sentence for Fodil Boumala, a leading figure in the country's protest movement, an advocacy group said Monday. Boumala, a former state TV journalist who in 2011 co-founded an opposition group,...

Algiers, Feb 22, 2020 - Several thousand people gathered in the Algerian capital Saturday on the first anniversary of a protest movement that seeks an overhaul of the political system and forced the former president to resign. Protesters shouted "the people want the...