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 By Hicham Rafih and Fadel Senna with Kaouthar Oudrhiri in Rabat Moroccan rescuers were in the nerve-wracking final stages Friday of a marathon effort to rescue Rayan, a five-year-old boy trapped down a well for a fourth night.  The complex and risky earth-moving...

The European Union on Friday imposed targeted sanctions on five members of Mali's ruling junta, including Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga. In a statement from EU member states the targets are accused of "actions that obstruct and undermine the successful...

Burkina Faso's junta lifted Wednesday a nationwide curfew they imposed after seizing power in a coup last month, the military announced. The restrictions were imposed on January 24 after mutinous soldiers arrested President Roch Marc Christian Kabore following a...

The Moroccan navy on Tuesday rescued 63 migrants including 15 women and three children after their vessel started to sink as they tried to reach the Canary Islands, activists said. Alarm Phone, which provides an emergency hotline for migrants in trouble at sea, said...