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An oil tanker briefly became stuck in Egypt's Suez Canal on Wednesday night, officials announced, raising fears that last year's major blockage of the global maritime route could be repeated. The Affinity V "ran aground in the Suez Canal at 19:15" (17:15 GMT)", a...

At least 50 civilians were killed and hundreds arrested in central Mali in April during an operation by the army and "foreign" personnel, the UN's peacekeeping mission said Wednesday.  There was no immediate response from Mali's authorities to the allegations, just...

Five migrants died and 16 went missing after their boat sank off the coast of eastern Libya while attempting to reach Europe, authorities said on Tuesday. A rescue unit official told AFP that the boat with 27 people on board -- all Egyptians -- capsized off Tolmeta in...

Powerful rains that have swept the arid state of Niger since June have left 75 dead and affected 108,000 people, the government said on Tuesday. The previous toll issued by the Civil Protection Agency on August 14 was 32 dead and nearly 67,000 affected. The worst-hit...