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Sahel: Disasters hit Niger hardF

By Boureima Hama Few countries in the world struggle with as many burdens as Niger. The arid Sahel state is the world's poorest country according to the UN's Human Development Index. It faces bloody jihadist insurgencies on two of its borders. And now it is being...

Tunisia: President Saied to re-write history, says revolt is unfinishedF

Tunisia's President Kais Saied said Thursday he would move the official anniversary of the country's revolution, a symbolic shift indicating that the revolt is unfinished. Tunisia's uprising broke out on December 17, 2010, when Mohamed Bouazizi, a vegetable salesman...

Libya: Political divisions threaten the holding of this month’s electionsF

Libya court upholds presidential bid of PM Dbeibah A Libyan appeals court on Wednesday rejected two petitions against interim prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah's candidacy in this month's presidential election, Libyan media reported. The cases argued that Dbeibah was...

Algeria: Pro-regime nationalist party FLN back in controlF

Algeria's long-dominant National Liberation Front has narrowly won local elections, preliminary results showed Tuesday, in a vote seen as key in efforts to turn the page on late president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's rule. The FNL, which led the country's war of...
Podcast: Lebanon FallingF

Podcast: Lebanon FallingF

The past months have been particularly horrendous for Lebanon, a country that used to be called the Switzerland of the...

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