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The head of a panel tasked with uncovering abuses under Tunisia's autocratic past rulers said Tuesday she had been banned from leaving the country as prosecutors investigate her for alleged falsifications in the commission's report. Sihem Bensedrine, head of the...

An influential organisation of religious leaders in Mali on Tuesday called on its followers to reject a new constitution being drawn up under the country's junta leadership maintaining the principle of secularism. The proposal to change Mali's constitution aims to...

Egypt announced Wednesday it is offering citizenship to foreign investors willing to spend at least $250,000 in the country, as it struggles to fill its depleted coffers. According to state newspaper Al-Ahram, a decision by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli published in...

A train crash in Egypt killed four people and  injured more than 20, officials said Wednesday about the latest in a series of deadly accidents blamed on ageing infrastructure and mismanagement.  The train overshot the station and ran into the buffers at the end of the...