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Sahel: Violence in Niger as country prepares to inaugurate a new presidentF

By Boureima Hama - Elite troops in Niger thwarted an "attempted coup" early Wednesday, a security source said, just two days before the historic inauguration of Mohamed Bazoum as president of the chronically unstable Sahel nation.  Residents earlier reported hearing...

Algeria: Hirak launches fifth week of anti-regime protestF

Pro-democracy protesters took to the streets in Algeria Friday, with authorities making arrests in the capital and dispersing demonstrators in other cities, a rights group and a journalist said. In Algiers, where thousands took part in the weekly Hirak protest...

Sahel: Chad ups violence against opposition, less than a month to presidential electionF

Police broke up demonstrations by opposition movements and civil society groups in Chad's capital N'Djamena Saturday, three weeks ahead of a presidential vote expected to be won by 30-year incumbent Idriss Deby Itno. With large numbers of officers on the streets, few...

Tunisia counts its losses from the Jasmine RevolutionF

Tunisia's government has finally given an official toll of 129 dead and 634 injured in its 2011 revolution, in what an independent body called "a strong signal" of a democratic transition. The tally, long demanded by victims' families, was published late Friday on the...

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