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France set to readjust visa issuance policy for Maghreb visitorsF

By Delphine Touitou: France and Morocco announced Friday they were mending fences after months of tensions over visas, and said President Emmanuel Macron would visit the North African kingdom in early 2023. Speaking in Rabat alongside her Moroccan counterpart Nasser...
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Sahel: Burkina Faso-Ghana relations sour over Russian mercenariesF

A minister in Burkina Faso on Friday called a claim by Ghana's president that the war-torn Sahel nation has invited in Russian mercenaries "very serious" amid a worsening row between the neighbours. Burkina had earlier called in Ghana's ambassador in protest, the...
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Algeria: Activist Slimane Bouhafs sentenced to prisonF

An Algerian activist who had refugee status in Tunisia but was mysteriously returned to face trial in Algeria was jailed Friday for three years on terror charges, a rights group said. Slimane Bouhafs "has been sentenced to three years in prison without parole" and a...
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Tunisia: President faces turmoil after election turnout fell below 9%F

By Kaouther Larbi and Francoise Kadri: Tunisia plunged into political uncertainty Sunday as its main opposition alliance called on President Kais Saied to "leave immediately", a day after voters overwhelming snubbed elections for a neutered parliament. That comes with...
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