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The UN voiced alarm Friday at a "spike" in migrant boats departing from Libya this week, following fresh raids around the capital Tripoli. "In the span of 48 hours, at least nine boats carrying more than 600 migrants have been discovered on the central Mediterranean...

Geneva, Nov 19, 2019 - More than 2.4 million people need urgent food  aid across the central Sahel region, encompassing Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, where rising jihadist violence has triggered a humanitarian crisis, the UN said Tuesday. "If we do not act now to...

Tripoli, Nov 17, 2019 - Thirteen European diplomatic missions in Libya, including the EU delegation, demanded Sunday "urgent investigations" into the disappearance four months ago of a lawmaker and called for her immediate release. Siham Sergewa disappeared on July 17...

Algiers, Nov 15, 2019 (By Amal Belalloufi with Aymeric Vincenot) - Demonstrators thronged the streets of the Algerian capital on Friday to renew their opposition to a presidential election they say will keep in power a political elite rejected by the people. The...