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Morocco: Big test for monarchy and Islamist party as Moroccans are set to pick new assemblyF

Campaigning began in Morocco Thursday for September 8 elections that will seal the fate of the Moroccan Islamist party which heads the current government coalition. Nearly 18 million citizens, 46 percent of them women, will be eligible to vote to choose 395 deputies...

Mali arrests former Prime Minister over alleged corruptionF

By Serge Daniel Former Malian prime minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga was arrested on Thursday as part of a corruption investigation, his lawyer Kassoum Tapo said.   Maiga, 67, was a close ally of former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who was overthrown in a coup by...

Sahel: 16 soldiers killed in jihadist-hit southeast NigerF

An attack by hundreds of Boko Haram fighters on a town in Niger's jihadist-plagued southeast killed 16 soldiers and wounded nine others, Defence Minister Alkassoum Indatou told AFP on Wednesday. In the assault late on Tuesday "the positions of our defence and security...

Algeria cuts ties with Morocco after months of diplomatic turmoilF

Morocco says Algeria's cutting of diplomatic ties 'unjustified' Morocco's foreign ministry said Tuesday that Algeria's decision to cut diplomatic ties with its neighbour as "completely unjustified", adding that the decision was based on "false, even absurd pretexts"....

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