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By Olympia de Maismont with Pierre Donadieu in Abidjan: Security forces fired tear gas to disperse angry protesters outside the French embassy in Burkina Faso's capital on Sunday, as unrest simmered in the impoverished West African nation following a reported second...

Morocco said Algeria on Tuesday invited its King Mohammed VI to attend an Arab League summit in Algiers in November, at a time of tensions between the North African neighbours. The foreign ministry in Rabat said visiting Algerian Justice Minister Abderrachid Tabi had...

Two leaders of Tunisia's Islamist-inspired opposition party Ennahdha were called in Monday for questioning by an anti-terror unit, accused of sending jihadist militants to Syria and Iraq, the movement said. Ennahdha categorically denies the claims that its leader,...

Tunisia's main opposition alliance said Wednesday its members including the once-powerful Ennahdha party would boycott December polls to replace a parliament dissolved by President Kais Saied.  The vote is set for nearly a year and a half after Saied suspended the...