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Nigeria: Insurgents attack Damask, kill two civilians and damage UN helicopter
The United Nations on Saturday said two civilians including a five-year-old child were killed and an aid helicopter...
Tunisia: The struggle to identify dead migrants
Sahel: France threatens UN sanctions on Mali amid escalating violence
January 16, 2019 - France on Wednesday threatened to push for more targeted sanctions to be imposed on Mali after...
Egypt: Army says it killed five insurgents in North Sinai
Cairo, Jan 16, 2019 - Egyptian police killed five suspected Islamic militants in North Sinai, where security forces...
Egypt court orders release of mother held over ‘false news’
Cairo, Jan 15, 2019 (AFP) - An Egyptian court on Tuesday ordered the release of a woman accused of spreading "false...
Chad: Fighting over gold in Chad near Libya leaves dozens dead
N'Djamena, Jan 13, 2019 - Fighting between Chadian and Sudanese rebels at a remote goldmine in northern Chad has left...
Libya to boycott Arab summit over attacks on flag
Tripoli, Jan 14, 2019 - Libya's internationally recognised government said Monday it will boycott an Arab economic...
Tunisia’s president sued for abuse of power
Tunis, Jan 15, 2019 - Anti-corruption campaigners have filed a lawsuit accusing Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi...
Tunisia braces for labor strike
Tunis, Jan 14, 2019 - Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union on Monday called for a strike as the country, grappling with...
Tunisia’s youths disillusioned with outcome of jasmine revolution
Douar Hicher, Tunisia, Jan 13, 2019 - Young Tunisians say the revolution they staged eight years ago to oust their...
Violence in Algeria’s football world
Algiers, Jan 13, 2019 - More than 300 people were injured in football-related violence during the first four months of...
Morocco complains to UN of Western Sahara truce violations
United Nations, United States, Jan 11, 2019 (AFP) - Morocco has accused Polisario Front fighters in Western Sahara of...
Chad’s president sacks two ministers likely over oil field licensing deal
N'Djamena, Jan 11, 2019 (AFP) - Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno has sacked two members of his cabinet, including...
Egypt arrests two Germans suspected to be joining Islamic State
Cairo, Jan 11, 2019 - Egypt has arrested two German nationals on suspicion they tried to join an Islamic State group...
Egypt: Activist Ahmed Douma gets 15 years in prison
Cairo, Jan 9, 2019 - A leading figure in Egypt's 2011 revolution [see profile here] was handed 15 years in prison on...
Morocco: The closing of the deadly mines of Jerada
Rabat, Jan 9, 2019 - Moroccan authorities closed 2,000 illegal mineshafts last year in Jerada, an impoverished former...
Tunisia: Four Jihadists sentenced to death for beheading of shepherd
Tunis, Jan 9, 2019 - A Tunisian court has convicted dozens of jihadists over the 2015 murder of a teenage shepherd,...
Egypt: Qatar’s beIN stops broadcasting on Egypt’s CNE cable network
Doha, Jan 8, 2019 - Qatar broadcasting giant beIN said on Tuesday it will stop broadcasting programmes on its only...
Tunisian boat and Cypriot container ship collide off Corsica
Tunis, Jan 7, 2019 (AFP) - A collision between a Tunisian boat and a Cypriot container ship that sent hundreds of...
Egypt police officer killed defusing church bomb
Cairo, Jan 6, 2019 (AFP) - A policeman was killed while trying to dismantle an explosive device outside a Coptic...
Egypt’s Sisi to inaugurate Coptic cathedral after bomb blast
Cairo, Jan 6, 2019 (AFP) - Egypt's president will inaugurate the country's biggest cathedral on Coptic Christmas Eve...
Two minutes’ silence in Norway for hikers slain in Morocco
Oslo, Jan 7, 2019 (AFP) - Hundreds of people observed two minutes of silence on Monday in Norway in honour of two...
Algeria: Arab migrants ‘missing’ after seeking shelter in Algeria, says UN
Geneva, Jan 3, 2019 (AFP) - The UN refugee agency Thursday voiced "concern" for the safety of 100 Arab citizens who...