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Mali: Opposition rejects compromise by West African leaders, insists president must leave
Mali's opposition on Wednesday reiterated calls for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign, again spurning a...
Egypt: New election law prevents anyone from competing against Sisi in future elections
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday ratified a law banning active and former military personnel from...
Nigeria: Boko Haram raids Gajiganna, kills 20
Kano, Nigeria, May 18, 2020 - Boko Haram jihadists killed 20 civilians in an attack on a village in restive...
Egypt: Ethiopia Nile dam crisis intensifies
Addis Ababa, May 18, 2020 - Ethiopia sees no reason to delay filling its controversial mega-dam despite warnings from...
Nigeria concerned about Covid-19 infections in Kano state
Abuja, May 18, 2020 - Nigeria's government on Monday extended a coronavirus lockdown on the northern region of Kano...
Algeria: Despite repression, Algeria braces for resumption of anti-regime protests ($)
Algiers, May 18, 2020 - A day after his release from prison, a leading figure in Algeria's anti-government protests...
Madagascar sends artemisia drink to Nigeria to fight Covid-19
Abuja, May 16, 2020 - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday received samples of a herbal concoction that...
Nigeria: Communal crisis claims six lives in Adamawa
Kano, Nigeria, May 16, 2020 - Six people were killed in ethnic violence in northern Nigeria's Adamawa state, police...
Sahel: Niger seeks to restore normalcy, announces measures to ease lockdown
Niamey, May 15, 2020 - Niger's government on Friday lifted measures to isolate the capital Niamey to stem the spread...
Mali: War rages near border with Burkina Faso ($)
Bamako, May 15, 2020 - Malian troops have killed some 30 militants in a raid, the army said on Friday, in the latest...
Algeria: Kia to suspend car assembly in Algeria
Algiers, May 15, 2020 - South Korean carmaker Kia will shut down its assembly line in Algeria from Sunday due to...
Sahel: Niger sinking into chaos
By Boureima Hama - Amid clucking chickens and bleating sheep, the women of Gadbo, a small village in western Niger,...
Egypt: More violence in North Sinai ($)
Cairo, May 15, 2020 - Egypt's military said Friday seven suspected militants were killed in a raid carried out as part...
Egypt: A flyover symbolizing a mediocre government ($)
Cairo, May 14, 2020 - A road bridge under construction in Egypt's capital that almost abuts balconies of apartment...
Libya: Warlord Haftar’s favorite target: unprotected civilians ($)
Tripoli, May 15, 2020 - Seventeen attacks have been recorded since January against health facilities in Tripoli and...
Sahel: New Covid-19 infections in Mauritania after easing restrictions
Nouakchott, May 15, 2020 - Mauritania has said that it will reinstate restrictions on mosque prayers, after a recent...
Algeria and Morocco bickering again
Algiers, May 14, 2020 - Algeria said Thursday it had summoned Morocco's ambassador after a video circulating on social...
Tunisia reports no Covid-19 infections in five days
Tunis, May 15, 2020 - Retail shops and supermarkets reopened Friday in Tunisia after the government announced zero...
Algeria: Sonatrach implicated in tainted fuel export to Lebanon
Beirut, May 13, 2020 - A Lebanese prosecutor on Wednesday pressed charges against 12 people including government...
Niger: Despite more border surveillance, migration flows to Europe continue
Niamey, May 10, 2020 (By Boureima Hama) - Many Africans are managing to evade coronavirus lockdown barriers in Niger,...
Mali: Unrest in Kayes over police violence, three more civilians killed
[Updated May 13, 2020]: Protesters torched an administrative building in the central Malian city of Kayes on...
Cyprus says Turkey denied COVID-19 supply flight airspace entry
Nicosia, May 13, 2020 - Cyprus said Wednesday a flight it had chartered from China carrying 36 tonnes of COVID-19...
Migrants arriving at Greek island test positive for virus
Lesbos Island, Greece, May 13, 2020 - Two migrants who recently arrived from Turkey have tested positive for...
Tunisia: Encouraging signs in fight against Covid-19 in Tunisia
Tunis, May 11, 2020 - Tunisia on Monday urged continued vigilance against the novel coronavirus, a day after recording...
Libya: More civilians, including child, killed in Tripoli by militias of warlord Haftar
Libya's Government of National Accord said at least four civilians, including a child, were killed when rockets rained...
Sahel: Bandits on motorbikes sow terror in Niger’s Tillaberi region
Bandits riding motorbikes killed 20 villagers in a string of attacks in Niger's western region of Tillaberi, the...
Sahel: Three Chadian UN troops killed in restive Kidal, Mali
Three UN troops were killed and four more wounded when their convoy hit a roadside bomb early Sunday, officials said,...
Egypt: Despite collapsing economy, a pandemic, and dismal human rights records, Egypt to get attack helicopters
The United States has approved a $2.3 billion deal on attack helicopters for Egypt, but an official insisted Friday...
Algeria: Regime launches frontal assault on pro-democracy movement
By Philippe Agret - The Algerian regime is exploiting coronavirus to defeat a protest movement that has shaken it to...
Sahel: Terror groups in Sahel exploit Covid-19 to step up attacks
United Nations, United States, May 8, 2020 - UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres has warned that jihadist groups in...
Sahel: Mali ends curfew, orders mandatory wearing of facemasks
Bamako, May 9, 2020- Mali's government said on Saturday it had lifted its nationwide curfew designed to stem...
Egypt military regime ratchets up repressive measures against population
Cairo, May 8, 2020 - President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ratified a host of amendments to Egypt's emergency law which...
Morocco: RSF said TV crew attacked by police near Rabat
Rabat, Marocco, May 8, 2020 - Moroccan authorities said Friday they would investigate a case of an attack on...
Egypt: Sisi regime extends pre-trial detentions
Beirut, May 7, 2020 - Amnesty International lambasted Egypt on Thursday for extending the pre-trial detention of over...
Sahel: Mauritania lifts ban on mosque prayer
Nouakchott, May 8, 2020 - Worshippers packed Mauritania's largest mosque on Friday, mostly ignoring social distancing...
Libya: Haftar intensifies rocket attacks on Tripoli
Tripoli, May 8, 2020 - Rocket and shell fire on Tripoli has killed at least 13 civilians and two policemen in the...
Sahel: Africom says it lost drone in Niger due to technical failure
Niamey, May 7, 2020 - The US military in Niger said Thursday they had lost a second drone in two months, both through...
Sahel/Covid-19: Mauritania reopens for business
Nouakchott, May 7, 2020 - The West African desert state of Mauritania has scaled back two-month-old restrictions aimed...
Libya: EU begins Operation IRINI to enforce Libya arms embargo
Rome, May 7, 2020 - The European Union has launched a delayed naval mission to enforce an arms embargo on Libya, the...
Sahel: More election violence in Mali
Bamako, May 7, 2020 - Two people suffered gunshot wounds Thursday after a protest in southern Mali against the outcome...
Maghreb: A Ramadan unlike no other
Algiers, May 7, 2020 (By Abdelhafid Daamache) - North Africans say they are missing the taste of Ramadan, as...
Sahel: Chad locks down its capital to confront Covid-19
N'Djamena, May 6, 2020 - Chad's capital N'Djamena will be isolated from the rest of the country for two weeks from...