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Sahel: Massacre in Mali’s Menaka region
Libya: Fearing an influx of immigrants, Italy renews deal with Libya to block migrants at source
Algeria: Millions of Algerians in massive rallies to demand end of military regime
Egypt: cash-strapped Egypt wants to sell equity in its military-owned businesses
Cairo, Oct 31, 2019 - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi suggested Thursday listing military-owned companies on...
Morocco: Spirit AeroSystems acquires Bombardier’s Casablanca site
Sahel: Five teachers released from kidnappers in Mali
Sahel: Togolese soldier dies of injuries from Mali attack
Egypt claims it killed more insurgents in North Sinai
Oct 29, 2019 - Egyptian security forces killed 13 suspected militants in a raid in the restive North Sinai, the...
Egypt: US concerned about jailing by Egypt of journalist Esraa Abdel Fattah
Libya: After a two month-closure, Mitiga airport to reopen
Sahel: Almost half million people displaced in Niger
Egypt: Opposition figure Mohamed Ali determined to disrupt Sisi’s regime
Sahel: Mali President facing unprecedented public backlash
Sahel: Bamako mayor arrested for corruption
Tunisia: New President Kais Saied takes oath of office
Tunis, Oct 23, 2019 - Tunisia's new President Kais Saied took the oath of office on Wednesday after his surprise...
Libya: Warlord Haftar launches airstrike on Misrata, as rivalry between UAE and Turkey wrecks havoc on Libya
Sahel: Floods continue to wreck havoc on Niger
Sahel: Insurgents attack Bam Province in Burkina Faso, kill villagers
Tunisia: Army kills suspected militant in Kasserine
Tunisia: Some policy challenges facing President Kais Saied
Tunis, Oct 16, 2019 - Tunisia's president-elect Kais Saied has won a clear mandate to fight corruption and promote...
Libya: Despite war, city of Tripoli to have its bus service for first time in three decades
Libya: Warlord Haftar’s warplanes kill at least three children near Tripoli
Tripoli, Oct 14, 2019 - At least three children were killed and eight civilians wounded Monday in an air strike on a...
Tunisia: Kais Saied wins presidential election
Tunis, Oct 14, 2019 - Conservative political outsider Kais Saied has won Tunisia's presidential election by a...
Inside the Moroccan cannabis business: local marijuana being replaced by hybrid varieties
Ketama, Morocco, Oct 10, 2019 - Morocco's rugged Rif Mountains have long been renowned for their cannabis but...
Tunisia: Presidential candidate Nabil Karoui released from prison, campaign to intensify
Tunis, Oct 10, 2019 - Tunisian presidential hopeful Nabil Karoui said Thursday he will "wage battle and win" a...
Algeria: All-out repression as military regime seeks to impose unpopular status quo
Algiers, Oct 8, 2019 - Algerian police Tuesday prevented a weekly protest by students in the capital for the first...
Sahel: Conflict with Jihadists expands to southwest Niger
Niamey, Oct 7, 2019 - Two soldiers were killed and five others wounded in a "terrorist" attack in southwest Niger, a...
Libya: Warlord Haftar’s air raid targets civilians, injures children
Tripoli, Oct 7, 2019 - An air raid on riding stables near the Libyan capital Tripoli has wounded at least six people,...
Tunisia: Negotiations to form new government underway after election failed to produce single winning party
Tunis, Oct 7, 2019 (AFP) - Tunisia's parliamentary elections held on Sunday appear to have failed to forge a clear...
Sahel: Prison uprising in Chad, one killed
N'Djamena, Oct 7, 2019 (AFP) - At least one inmate was killed and another 11 wounded on Monday in a prison uprising in...
Sahel: Mali president Boubacar Keita dismisses coup speculation
Bamako, Oct 6, 2019 - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Sunday rejected as speculation talk of a military...
Tunisia: Legislative elections underway
Tunis, Oct 6, 2019 (By Caroline Nelly Perrot) - Tunisians go to the polls Sunday for the third parliamentary polls of...
Egypt: Tension escalates with Ethiopia over Nile dam
Cairo, Oct 6, 2019 - Egypt has urged international mediation over what it called "deadlock" in talks in Sudan over a...
Libya: As the war for Tripoli drags on, the Libyan capital is in disarray
Tripoli, Oct 3, 2019 - Faraj al-Doukali hastened to unload the dozens of rubbish bags from his van onto a sidewalk...
Sahel: France wants to drag Europe into a conflict with no endgame
France has begun asking its European partners to send special forces to Mali and other Sahel nations in Africa, to...
Western Sahara: The forgotten conflict that is likely to perdure
United Nations, United States, Oct 3, 2019 (AFP) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he hopes to maintain the...
Tunisia: Alleged lobbying contract by Nabil Karoui guarantees election victory of Kais Saied
Tunis - The publication by US authorities of a $1-million international lobbying contract to promote a jailed...
Egypt: Fear of more unrest prompts Sisi government to lower fuel prices
Cairo, Oct 4, 2019 - Egypt lowered fuel prices on Friday, the oil ministry said, following several rounds of price...
Africa: ISWAP kills five vigilantes in Nigeria’s Gubio region
Kano, Nigeria, Oct 1, 2019 - Jihadists killed five members of a civilian militia during an attack on a town in...
Sahel: Intense fighting between insurgents and Mali army in Mopti
Oct 1, 2019 - A large contingent of Malian troops, backed by air support, fought Tuesday with jihadist fighters who...