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Sahel: Mali soldiers killed by rocket attack in Mondoro
Libya: UN point men for Libya, Ghassan Salame, resigns
Sahel: France angry at Mali envoy over remarks on “rowdy behavior of French troops”
Algeria: Court sentences drug baron to prison, acquits president’s son in real estate corruption case
Global markets rattled by coronavirus
Tunisia: At last, Tunisia has a new government
Libya: Protagonists have no appetite for talk
Sahel: With insurgents several steps ahead, Sahel leaders are disoriented
Egypt former strong-man Hosni Mubarak dies at 91
Libyans propose ceasefire, slam international inaction
Algeria: Pro-democracy activist Fodil Boumala on trial, prosecutor wants one year’s prison term
Algerians maintain their revolt against unpopular regime
Sahel: French army says it killed some 50 insurgents in Mali’s Mopti region
Paris, Feb 21, 2020 - French soldiers "neutralised" around 50 in a series of operations in Mali this month, the army...
Algerians wrap up full-year of rallies with pledge to continue until old regime falls
Mauritania intimidates human rights activists
Algeria: City of Bordj Bou Arreridj in the spotlight of the Hirak revolution
Sahel: Malian troops re-enter Timbuktu
Bamako, Feb 18, 2020 - A Malian army battalion comprising regulars and former rebels has entered the northern city of...
Sahel: Food distribution program gone wrong, scores of refugees killed in Niger stampede
Sahel: Insurgents attack church in Burkina Faso, 24 killed
Egypt: Cost of smuggling antiquities: brother of ex minister gets 30 years in prison
Sahel: Turmoil in central Mali
Sahel: Rights activist in prison for speaking about Chad’s president’s health
Sahel: Chad announces date for legislative elections after a five-year delay
North Africa’s first case of coronavirus confirmed in Egypt
Sahel: Second deadly attack on a Fulani village in Mali’s Mopti region
Libya: Despite UN call for lasting ceasefire, warlord Harftar continues to wage war in Tripoli
Sahel: With failure of foreign forces in Mali, president forced to seek negotiations with insurgents
Libya: Unusual consensus in the UN Security Council, but no solution in sight
Tunisia: President Kais Saied’s unsettled foreign policy
Demographic milestone: Egypt’s population exceeds 100 million
Egypt: More violence in north Sinai
Libya: Haftar’s forces obstruct humanitarian flights into Libya
Egypt: Cairo’s green lung razed for roads to new desert capital
Algeria: Bouteflika’s brother and notorious ex-intelligence chiefs to remain in jail
Egypt: Scores killed during insurgent attempt to raid military site in Sinai
Cairo, Feb 9, 2020 - Militants killed and wounded seven Egyptian soldiers in restive North Sinai on Sunday, Egypt's...
Libya: African Union gets in the game after complaining of isolation
Addis Ababa, Feb 10, 2020 - The African Union vowed Monday to boost efforts to end the crisis in Libya and support a...
Algeria: Insurgent targets military outpost near Timiaouine, kills guard during suicide attack
An Algerian soldier was killed Sunday in a suicide car bomb attack near the Mali border, the Algerian defence ministry...
Sahel: More violence in Niger
Niamey, Feb 8, 2020 - At least 11 civilians had been killed in two separate attacks in Niger, which is struggling to...
Libya: African Union pressured to do more on the Libyan crisis
Addis Ababa, Feb 8, 2020 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday said he supported the African Union (AU)...
Business: Coronavirus likely to force more oil production cuts
Algiers, Feb 8, 2020 - A committee appointed by the OPEC club of oil-producing countries and its allies to study the...