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Algeria on Thursday blasted Switzerland for indicting its former defence minister on charges of committing crimes against humanity in the 1990s during the North African country's civil war. The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland said Tuesday it had filed an...

Libya's internationally recognised prime minister has sacked his top diplomat after she met her Israeli counterpart, with news of the encounter triggering protests in a country that does not recognise Israel. Oil-rich Libya, which plunged into chaos after dictator...

The United Nations warned Tuesday that the political crisis in Niger and the sanctions imposed against the coup regime risk triggering "catastrophic" humanitarian effects. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said it had revised contingency planning for Niger since a...

Despite the reported death of the Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, Moscow has every interest in continuing his Wagner paramilitary group's activities in Africa, experts told AFP on Thursday. Russia has been outsourcing activities in Africa to Wagner since...