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Sahel: 11 men jailed over Chad ‘coup bid’ promised pardonsF

Eleven men accused of planning a "coup d'etat" in Chad have been sentenced to 20 years in prison, the attorney general in N'Djamena told AFP Sunday, but the presidency said they would be pardoned. In early January, the government announced that 10 army officers and...
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Libyan forces intervene to halt deadly clashes between rival militiasF

Libyan security forces said Sunday they had deployed in Zawiya after battles between armed groups in the western city left three people dead including two civilians, according to medics. "We have deployed on the instructions of the supreme military authorities in the...
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Podcast: The Fleecing of Libya: Billions of Dollars Missing and Everyone is at FaultF

In the post-Gaddafi era, corruption in Libya is endemic and metastasized. The culture of corruption is so ubiquitous and widespread that Transparency International ranks Libya third before last in the MENA region, doing only better than Syria and Yemen. In this...
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Mauritania: Voting in local and legislative elections beginsF

El-Khadir Lamine, an 18-year-old student voting for the first time, said he was hoping for "new opportunities for young people".  For the first time, voters can choose a list for candidates younger than 35, for whom 11 seats will be automatically attributed in the...
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