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Washington, Oct 29, 2019 - A senior US official said Tuesday he had asked Egypt to free blogger and journalist Esraa Abdel Fattah, calling her arrest in a major sweep against dissent "outrageous." David Schenker, the assistant secretary of state for the Middle East,...

Tripoli, Oct 29, 2019 - Flights are to resume at Tripoli's Mitiga airport, closed for almost two months after being bombed multiple times in the ongoing battle for the Libyan capital, the unity government said on Tuesday. Transport Minister Milad Maatoug announced...

Niamey, Oct 24, 2019 - The number of refugees and internally displaced people in Niger now stands at more than 442,000, an increase of around 40,000 in less than five months, according to UN figures released Thursday. Niger, one of the poorest countries in the year,...

Barcelona, Oct 24, 2019 - An exiled Egyptian businessman, who sparked rare small-scale protests in Egypt in September, says he is working with the opposition to topple President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and calling for fresh demonstrations. "We will put out a call to the...