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Sahel: Uncertainty in Ouagadougou as Burkina Faso descends into chaosF

By Olympia de Maismont with Pierre Donadieu in Abidjan: Shots rang out before dawn on Friday around Burkina Faso's presidential palace and headquarters of the military junta, which itself seized power in a coup last January, witnesses told AFP.  The government said...

Tunisia: Hundreds of policemen protesting after colleagues were arrested for demanding right to unionizeF

More than 200 police officers protested in Tunisia's second city of Sfax on Wednesday to demand the release of eight arrested colleagues and defend their right to unionise, an AFP correspondent said. Responding to a call from the SNSI police union, the plainclothes...

Libya: Clashes reignite in coastal town of Zawyah among militias supporting rival governmentsF

Five people were killed and 13 wounded in gun battles in the western Libyan town of Zawiyah, the latest unrest in the troubled North African nation, medics said Monday. Fighting late Sunday broke out between rival forces equipped with heavy weapons, with one group...

Moroccan man who fought against Russia expresses sympathy with Ukrainian peopleF

A Moroccan prisoner of war released as part of an exchange between Moscow and Kyiv said he wanted to draw attention to the "struggle" of Ukraine as he returned home Saturday. "I'm happy to come home after going through very difficult times," said Brahim Saadoun, 21,...

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