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Mauritania's disgraced ex-president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has been released from custody pending a trial on corruption charges, a judicial official said Thursday. The 65-year-old former general emerged late Wednesday from his home in the capital Nouakchott where...

Three irregular migrants drowned off Tunisia's coast after their Europe-bound boat bound sank, authorities in the North African country said Wednesday. Tunisia's National Guard said its naval teams retrieved three bodies overnight off the southern coast of Gabes,...

Togo on Tuesday extended a state of emergency for six months in its northern Savanes region, officials said, citing the need for a "return of peace" in an area where several jihadist attacks have taken place. The country has recorded at least five attacks since...

The International Criminal Court said Wednesday it was dropping a war crimes case against deposed dictator Moamer Kadhafi's former internal security chief after he died of natural causes. Mohamed Khaled al-Tuhamy, aged around 80, was wanted for his role in trying to...