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Geneva, Nov 14, 2019 - Egypt faced strong criticism at a UN review of its rights record Wednesday, with diplomats voicing alarm over detention conditions and shrinking freedoms in the country recently rocked by mass protests. Speaking before the United Nations in...

Bamako, Nov 11, 2019 - Mali is conducting a giant operation against jihadists in the country's troubled centre using both ground and air strikes and leading to the death of "several terrorists", the government said Monday. The move follows two recent jihadist attacks...

Tunis, Nov 10, 2019 - Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party which last month came top in legislative polls put forward its leader Rached Ghannouchi on Sunday to head the next parliament. Ennahdha, which won 52 out of 217 seats in October's parliamentary election...