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Six civilians, four of them teachers, were killed in a suspected jihadist attack in southern Burkina Faso close to the border with Ghana, security officials and local sources said on Monday. Gunmen "opened fire on a group" in the town of Bittou on Sunday, a security...

By Ali Abba Kaya A Chadian court has handed jail terms of  between two and three years to 262 people who were arrested after deadly  protests in October, the public prosecutor said on Monday.  A total of 401 people had been put on trial in Koro Toro prison, a...

Protesters turned out in force to march in Morocco's capital Rabat Sunday to denounce the "high cost of living and repression", amid surging inflation and rising social discontent. "The people want lower prices... The people want to eliminate despotism and...

In a rare public show of protest in Egypt, "thousands of lawyers" staged a demonstration at their union in central Cairo Monday, prominent lawyer Tarek al-Awady said. After a smaller protest was held Thursday, lawyers assembled again in droves Monday to protest a new...