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Dozens of journalists protested Monday in front of a Tunis police station after two of their colleagues had been taken for questioning over comments on Tunisia's security forces, AFP correspondents said. Columnist Haythem El Mekki and presenter Elyes Gharbi were...

At least twelve civilians were killed in an attack by suspected jihadists in an area of western Burkina Faso bordering Mali, a local official and residents told AFP on Saturday. The village of Kie was attacked by "unidentified armed individuals on Friday evening", a...

Around 40 people have been killed in a fresh wave of attacks in Burkina Faso, in areas where jihadist attacks are rife, sources said on Friday. In the most recent violence, around 20 people were killed in a series of raids on villages in Burkina Faso's troubled north,...

A Tunisian court on Thursday released two students arrested earlier this week for a song criticising police, shortly after President Kais Saied denounced their detention as "unacceptable" amid a public outcry. Dhia Nassir and Youssef Chalbi, aged 26 and 27, were...