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Denmark will partially suspend its development aid to Mali and Burkina Faso, its foreign ministry said on Friday, intensifying pressure on the military juntas running the impoverished West African countries. The decision came after Mali forced Danish troops...

Moroccan authorities plan to survey abandoned and unauthorized wells across the country, the official MAP news agency reported Thursday, after the death of a boy trapped in a borehole sparked global attention. The boy, Rayan, had fallen down a narrow 32-metre...

Twelve people have been killed in clashes between herders and farmers in southern Chad, where ethnic friction over land is common, the authorities said Friday. "A herder who was moving his animals was killed by farmers on Wednesday and in reprisal, herders armed with...

Algerian oil and gas giant Sonatrach said Thursday it had signed a deal with Libya's National Oil Corporation to restart  its operations in the war-torn nation.   The Algerian group announced the deal during a visit to the neighbouring North African country by its...