Tunis, July 17, 2020 - Protesters demanding jobs in Tunisia's marginalised south have blocked a key pipeline carrying...
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Mali opposition agrees to truce, announces cancellation of Friday protest
Bamako, July 15, 2020 - The Malian opposition alliance that demands President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita step down has...
African researchers looking for their own ways to fight viruses
[Photo: Moelcular biologist Christian Happi]: "Strong people don't put others down -- they lift them up." So says the...
Sahel: Unrest in Mali over dismal road conditions
Kati, Mali, Aug 27, 2019 (AFP) - More than 1,000 trucks loaded with merchandise were blocked Tuesday at the entrance...
Libya: More deaths off the coast of Libya
Tripoli, Aug 27, 2019 - The bodies of five migrants including a Moroccan child were recovered off Libya's coast...
Libya: More migrants rescued at sea
Rome, Aug 26, 2019 - A German charity said Monday it had rescued some 100 people from a collapsing dinghy in the...
Sahel: Boko Haram attacks village in Gueskerou, Nigeria, dozen killed
Niamey, Aug 24, 2019 - A night raid blamed on Boko Haram has left a dozen villagers dead in southeastern Niger on the...
Tunisia: Despite his arrest, Nabil Karoui remains presidential candidate
Media magnate Nabil Karoui remains in the race for Tunisia's upcoming presidential election despite his arrest for...
Algeria: No-backing down, Algerians maintain pressure on government, insist on regime change
Algiers, Aug 23, 2019 - Algerians on Friday were back on the streets demanding an overhaul of the political system as...
Sahel: Explosive situation in Chad
By deploying troops and sealing borders to try to quell ethnic clashes in eastern Chad, President Idriss Deby risks...
Algeria: Another corrupt former Justice Minister arrested for alleged criminal activity
Algeria's former justice minister Tayeb Louh was Thursday placed in preventative detention on allegations of abuse of...
Tunisia: Islamist media and a candidate TV banned from covering election campaign
Tunis, Aug 23, 2019 - Tunisian electoral and media authorities have banned three local outlets from covering the...
Tunisia: PM Chahed focuses on presidential election campaigning
Tunis, Aug 22, 2019 - Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed on Thursday said he was delegating his powers in order to...
Sahel: 150 children killed in Mali violence in six months
Bamako, Aug 13, 2019 - UN child protection body UNICEF warned on Tuesday children in Mali faced rising violence with...
Libya: Warlord Haftar’s troops lose ground in Tripoli battle
Tripoli, Aug 21, 2019 - Forces loyal to Libya's unity government said Wednesday they had made territorial gains south...
Sahel: More violence in Chad’s Tibesti region
N'Djamena, Aug 21, 2019 - Three people were killed in northern Chad on 19 August after trying to attack a police...
Sahel: Mali soldiers ambushed by insurgents in Mopti, five killed
Bamako, Aug 21, 2019 - Five troops were killed in central Mali on Wednesday when their convoy was ambushed by...
Libya: American arms dealer sentenced to prison for attempting to sell Russian weapons to Libyan militia
Los Angeles, Aug 20, 2019 - An international arms dealer was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a Los Angeles federal...
Egypt: Army says it killed 11 insurgents near El Arish
Cairo, Aug 20, 2019 - Egyptian security forces killed 11 militants in the restive North Sinai region, the interior...
Spying on their people with Huawei technology
Kampala, Aug 16, 2019 - Uganda and Zambia on Friday denied a report that employees of Chinese telecom giant Huawei had...
Algeria: Months after starting their movement, Algerian people determined to oust illegal regime
Algiers, Aug 20, 2019 by By Amal Belalloufi and Aymeric Vincenot: Algerians launched an unprecedented protest...
Sahel: Insurgents kill at least 24 soldiers in northern Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, Aug 20, 2019 - The death toll from an attack Monday on a military base in northern Burkina Faso rose to...
Tunisian election regulator cleans up list of candidates to presidential election
Tunis - Tunisia's electoral commission has rejected nearly three quarters of hopefuls for next month's presidential...
Libya: MSF says 80 migrants rescued off Libyan coast
Aug 10, 2019 - The Ocean Viking charity ship rescued more than 80 migrants off the coast of Libya on Saturday,...
Libya: Tripoli could get a moment of respite in this Eid al-Adha
Tripoli, Aug 10, 2019 - Libya's government has said it is willing to accept a truce in fighting around Tripoli for the...
Tunisia: Abdelfattah Mourou of Islamist party Ennahdha to run for presidential election
Tunis, Aug 7, 2019 - Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party announced a presidential candidate for the first time...
Tunisia turns back Ivorian migrants to Libya despite safety concerns
Tunis, Aug 7, 2019 - The United Nations sounded the alarm Wednesday over the safety of 36 Ivorian migrants, including...
Sahel: Red Cross suspends operations in Timbuktu, Mali, as violence escalates
Aug 6, 2019 - Twin attacks in Mali have killed four people, including two Malian soldiers, security sources said...
Egypt: Carnage in Cairo after blast killed 20 people
Cairo, Aug 5, 2019 - A huge blast which killed 20 people in Cairo was caused by a speeding car packed with explosives,...
Libya: Warlord Khalifa Hartar pursues attacks on Misrata as death toll in Tripoli reaches 1,100
Tripoli, Aug 6, 2019 - Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar said they launched air strikes early Tuesday...
Algeria: court issues arrest warrant on Khaled Nezzar, ex-General accused of alleged mass killings in the 1990s
Algiers, Aug 6, 2019 - An Algerian court has issued an arrest warrant against a former defence minister and army...
Tunisia braces for snap presidential election
Tunis, Aug 2, 2019 - Presidential hopefuls in Tunisia began registering their candidacies on Friday for snap September...
Libya: Khalifa Haftar’s army kills 42 civilians in Morzuk
Tripoli, Aug 5, 2019 - At least 42 people were killed and dozens wounded in an air strike targeting a town hall...
Libyan civilian plane escapes bombing at Mitiga Airport in Tripoli
Tripoli, Aug 5, 2019 - A Libyan airliner has narrowly escaped being hit by incoming fire as it landed at war-torn...
Egypt: Scores killed in car collision in Cairo
Cairo, Aug 5, 2019 - At least 20 people have been killed when a speeding car driving against traffic crashed into...
Tunisia: Army kills two insurgents near Bou Amrane
Two armed alleged jihadists have been shot dead in an "anti-terrorist" operation led by national guard and army units...
Algerian people continue to protest, considering civil disobedience to up pressure on military regime
(By Amal Belalloufi with Aymeric Vincenot) - Algerians descended on the capital in huge numbers Friday and called for...
Algeria: Military command keeps war veteran Lakhdar Bouregaa in prison for his political views
Algiers, Aug 1, 2019 - Algeria's judiciary has refused to provisionally release a well-known independence war veteran...
Algerian military chief Gaid Salah rejects demands for appeasement, wants his rules only
Algiers, July 30, 2019 - Algeria's powerful army chief Tuesday ruled out accepting any pre-conditions to launching...
Libya: Fighting continues in Tripoli
Tripoli, July 30, 2019 - Rocket fire forced flights to be suspended and passengers evacuated at the Libyan capital's...
Egypt: One third of Egyptians live with less than $1.4 per day
Cairo, July 30, 2019 - Nearly a third of Egyptians live below the poverty line, up from 27.8 percent in 2015, Egypt's...
Sahel: Fifteen killed in Jihadi attack in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, July 27, 2019 - Armed men described as jihadists raided a village in Burkina Faso's restive north,...
Egypt: Sudan warlord Mohamed Hamdan Daglo meets Sisi
Cairo, July 29, 2019 - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met in Cairo Monday powerful Sudanese military General...