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Algiers, June 9, 2020 - A Moroccan diplomat at the centre of a diplomatic spat between Algiers and Rabat has left Algeria at the country's request, a spokesman for the presidency said on Tuesday. "The consul of Morocco has left the country at Algeria's request,"...

Updated 10 June 2020:  Tunisia's parliament on Wednesday rejected a motion calling on France to apologise for crimes committed during and after  colonial rule, following 15 hours of debate that ran into the night. The motion had been put forward by the small...

Three leaders have been left dominating the jihadist insurgency in the Sahel, following the death of a top al-Qaeda commander in the West African state of Mali this week (see below). French forces killed Algerian national Abdelmalek Droukdel, the head of al-Qaeda in...

Tripoli, June 9, 2020 - Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar's forces have slowed an advance on the strategic city of Sirte by rival fighters of a Tripoli-based unity government, security sources said Tuesday. Government of National Accord (GNA) forces, which have...