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Mali’s Problems in Four Minutes Opinion By Arezki Daoud: Yesterday, we reported how the Tuareg community in northern Mali has rejected the latest constitutional referendum imposed by the ruling military junta in Bamako. Not only the constitution gives tremendous power...

By Valentin Bontemps: Activists on Friday criticised Madrid and Rabat for failing to act faster to help migrants trying to reach Spain by boat, after at least two people died this week. Spanish campaign group Caminando Fronteras, which takes calls from migrants or...

Malian voters overwhelmingly approved changes to the constitution in a referendum, marking a key step in the ruling junta's declared plans to restore civilian rule, provisional results showed Friday.  The military has made the draft constitution a cornerstone for the...

A Tunisian judge on Friday ordered the release of opposition figure Chaima Issa four months after her arrest on suspicion of "plotting against state security", her lawyer told AFP. Issa should walk free later in the day unless the prosecution appeals by 5:00 pm (1600...