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Mali's lawmakers on Monday approved a plan allowing the military junta to rule for up to five years, AFP journalists said, despite regional sanctions imposed on the country over delayed elections. After staging a coup in the impoverished Sahel state in August 2020,...

Egypt has kicked off joint air and naval drills with France, one of its biggest arms suppliers, in the Mediterranean, the Egyptian army said Monday. "Egypt and France are carrying out the 'Ramses 2022' naval and air exercises in the Mediterranean... which will last...

Morocco said Wednesday it will launch a nearly $1 billion aid programme to help its agriculture industry, which has been hit hard by a particularly acute drought in recent years. The emergency plan "aims to mitigate the effects of delay in rainfall, to alleviate the...

By Hamza Mekouar Libyans on Thursday mark 11 years since the revolt that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi, but the democracy many hoped for  seems as elusive as ever, and many fear a return to conflict. The anniversary comes as the country, for years plagued by...