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Cairo, April 9, 2020 - An Egyptian rights group said Thursday it had filed a lawsuit against authorities demanding that relatives of a jailed journalist be allowed to provide him with medical supplies to protect against coronavirus. The Cairo-based Association for...

N'Djamena, April 9, 2020 - The Chadian army said Thursday it had wound up an offensive against Boko Haram jihadists in the Lake Chad border region in which 52 troops and 1,000 jihadists were killed. Army spokesman Colonel Azem Bermendoa Agouna told AFP that the...

Algiers, April 9, 2020 (By Abdellah Cheballah) - From an acute shortage of regional staple couscous to a surge of confidence tricks and counterfeiting, authorities in North Africa have been busy tackling coronavirus challenges that go beyond healthcare. For the past...

Rabat, April 8, 2020 - Morocco on Wednesday announced it has started to draw on a $3-billion credit line from the International Monetary Fund to offset a contraction of its economy because of the coronavirus pandemic. The five-year loan has a grace period of three...