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The Tunisian navy has rescued 163 would-be migrants, including women and children, off the country's east coast, the defence ministry said on Sunday. "As part of a joint operation with the coastguard, a naval unit rescued Saturday 163 illegal migrants," the ministry...

Prosecutors in Egypt charged five people after a teenager committed suicide over alleged blackmail using doctored images -- the second such incident within weeks. Heidi, 15, took her own life earlier in February, local media reported. Her case echoes that of Basant...

An Egyptian businessman was charged on Saturday with "human trafficking" and "sexual assault" a month after he was arrested over accusations that he abused seven girls in an orphanage he founded. Media and real estate tycoon Mohamed el-Amin was arrested on January 8...

Mali's military-dominated authorities on Saturday published a bill designed to further shore up the powers of junta leader Colonel Assimi Goita. The text, adopted by a cabinet meeting late Friday, provides for the "abolishment of the post of vice-president (of the...