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Egypt and Turkey Test Pragmatic Rapprochement After Years of Estrangement
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Egypt Deepens Defense-Industrial Engagement With China
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Sahel: Mali fires six senior army officers, including top army leader, as Tuareg groups in the north unify
Six senior Malian military officers, including the army chief of staff and head of the national guard, were relieved...
Sahel: Ministers of three countries controlled by juntas meet after visit of Russia’s Lavrov
Foreign ministers from three West African countries that have undergone military coups met in Burkina Faso on Thursday...
Burkina Faso: Makeshift gold mine caves in near Hounde, killing several miners
Ten people were killed when a makeshift gold mine collapsed in western Burkina Faso, a miners' association said on...
Tunisia: Attacks against trade union leaders could backfire on beleaguered President Kais Saied
Dozens of Tunisian civil society organisations,parties and political figures on Thursday voiced their "full support"...
Morocco: Man sets himself ablaze outside Morocco consulate in Madrid, motives unknown
A Moroccan man sustained serious injuries after setting himself on fire outside the Moroccan consulate in Madrid on...
Tunisia foreign minister Othman Jerandi fired
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday fired the country's top diplomat -- the fourth minister to lose his post this...
Burkina Faso: New terror attack in Sahel province kills 18 people
At least 18 people have been killed in two attacks in Burkina Faso, sources briefed on the incidents told AFP on...
Devastation in Turkey and Syria: Death toll from quakes nears 8,000, figure likely to increase sharply
By Remi Banet with Youssef Karwashan in Aleppo: Rescuers in Turkey and Syria battled bitter cold Tuesday in a race...
How the insurgents are expanding the Jihadist frontline to West Africa
Tunisia reopens case of two politicians murdered ten years ago
Egypt keeps social media influencers in prison, along with 60,000 political prisoners
Sahel: Russia looks to deepen influence in the Sahel with foreign minister’s visit to Mali
Sahel: Three children die in school fire in Niger’s Zinder region
Three children died and 11 were injured, two of them seriously, when a school made of straw and wood caught fire in...
Sahel: Mali expels head of the human rights division of UN’s MINUSMA mission
Security: Escalation of Russia-Ukraine war could transform crisis into global conflict
Mali: New terror attack kills two in the Segou region
A policeman and a civilian were killed and seven were wounded in an attack in jihadist-torn eastern Mali, officials...
Tunisia: Government of Kais Saied now targets trade union leaders
A powerful Tunisian trade union Wednesday condemned the arrest of one of its top officials, saying it was linked to...
Sahel: Mali court convicts unnamed person in killing of UN peacekeepers, issues death sentence
A Malian court has sentenced a man to death over the 2019 killing of three peacekeepers in the south of the country,...
Egypt’s Al-Azhar wants boycott of Swedish and Dutch products after desecration of Koran
Egypt's Al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim world's most prestigious educational institution, has called for the boycott of...
Sahel: France-Burkina Faso’s diplomatic crisis accelerates
By Delphine Touitou: France said on Thursday that it was recalling its ambassador from Burkina Faso "for...
Sahel: French army to withdraw from Burkina Faso
France said Wednesday it will withdraw its contingent of hundreds of troops stationed in Burkina Faso within a month,...
Sahel: Doctor working for WHO in Mali abducted
Sahel: Niger holds activist in air strike case
The head of a leading campaign group in Niger has been detained in a case involving an army air strike on suspected...
Mauritania: Trial over corruption of ex-president Abdelaziz begins this week
By Laurent Lozano and Hademine Sadi: Mauritania's ex-president Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz goes on trial on graft charges...
Libya: Pro-Haftar Chad mercenaries set to withdraw from Sabha
Most Arab leaders were no-show in regional meeting in Libya, unwilling to deal with Tripoli
Major Arab states boycotted a ministerial meeting hosted by Libya's interim government on Sunday, with just five of...
Health: World Health Organization concerned about unprecedented number “intersecting health emergencies,” appeals for money
The World Health Organization on Monday appealed for $2.54 billion for its work in 2023 to help millions of people...
Energy: New Italian PM heads to Algeria to secure more gas
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni agreed Monday to strengthen energy cooperation with Africa's top gas exporter...
Morocco/Qatar: Probe on corruption scandal and bribery in EU parliament set to intensify
By Matthieu Demeestere: Under the terms of a plea deal struck with Belgian investigators, former Italian lawmaker ...
Morocco: Criticized by EU Parliament, Rabat hits back in what could become a diplomatic row
Moroccan lawmakers on Monday voted unanimously to review ties with the European Parliament, accusing it of meddling...
Egypt: Under pressure from striking lawyers, regime releases jailed attorneys
Members of the Egyptian Bar Association on Sunday called off a days-long strike held in protest against the jailing of...
Egyptian regime releases businessmen Safwan and Seif El-Dine Thabet after 2 years in pretrial detention
Sahel: Opposition parties in Chad allowed to resume activity
Tunisia: Opposition figure Seifeddine Makhlouf sentenced to prison by military court for “insulting police
Sahel: Soldiers rescue women and babies abducted by suspected jihadists in N. Burkina Faso
Western Sahara: Brahim Ghali reelected head of Polisario Front
