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Tunis - The publication by US authorities of a $1-million international lobbying contract to promote a jailed front-runner in Tunisia's presidential election has triggered an uproar in the North African country. The US Justice Department published a copy of the deal...

Cairo, Oct 4, 2019 - Egypt lowered fuel prices on Friday, the oil ministry said, following several rounds of price hikes as part of an austerity programme that have triggered discontent. The move comes a week after rare protests broke out in Cairo and other cities...

Kano, Nigeria, Oct 1, 2019 - Jihadists killed five members of a civilian militia during an attack on a town in conflict-hit northeast Nigeria over the weekend, security sources said Tuesday.  Fighters aligned to the Islamic State group on Sunday launched an assault on...

Oct 1, 2019 - A large contingent of Malian troops, backed by air support, fought Tuesday with jihadist fighters who made an incursion into a military camp in the country's fragile central region, sources said. Two military posts came under attack at dawn on Monday at...