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By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: Mohamed gave up farming because of successive droughts that have hit his previously fertile but isolated village in Morocco and because he just couldn't bear it any longer. "To see villagers rush to public fountains in the morning or to a...

By Selim Saheb Ettaba and Joris Fioriti   The last soldiers belonging to France's  Barkhane operation in Mali have now left the African country, the French chiefs of staff said on Monday.  French forces have been supporting Mali against insurgents for nearly a decade,...

French troops gained an enthusiastic welcome when they entered Mali more than nine years ago to help it fight a jihadist-fuelled insurgency. On Monday, France pulled out of the country in the face of deep hostility after falling out with colonels who seized power...

Three firefighters died and two others were seriously injured in a forest fire in northern Morocco that was suspected to have been started deliberately, authorities said Tuesday. The firefighters were in a vehicle that plunged into a ravine while they were battling...