Briefs Bound

Algeria: Dozens killed in raging wildfiresF

Algerian firefighters on Tuesday battled blazes that have killed 34 people across the tinder-dry north, destroyed homes and coastal resorts, and turned vast forest areas into blackened wastelands. Witnesses described fleeing walls of flames that raged "like a...

Five Moroccan migrants drown off Western SaharaF

At least five Moroccans drowned when their boat sank off Western Sahara, a rights group said on Tuesday, as crossing attempts by migrants hoping to reach Europe multiply from the area. On Saturday authorities said six migrants drowned off northern Morocco trying to...

Tunisia: Panic in Europe over Tunisia’s potential economic collapseF

By Francoise Kadri: Western nations fear an economic collapse in Tunisia could trigger even greater migrant flows to Europe and have offered financial assistance. Yet prospects of Tunisia's sealing the biggest deal of all -- a $1.9-billion bailout from the...

Niger in the footsteps of Mali and Burkina, coup in the offingF

The Militarization of the Sahel By Boureima Hama: An attempted coup was underway Wednesday in the Sahel state of Niger as President Mohamed Bazoum was being held by members of his guard, who in turn were given an ultimatum by the army, sources said. The West African...