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Egypt has slashed millions of dollars off its compensation claim against the Japanese owner of a megaship that blocked the Suez canal in March, the canal authority chief said late Sunday. Egyptian authorities had seized the 200,000-tonne MV Ever Given in April and...

Mali's largest union launches fresh strike Mali's largest trade union launched a fresh strike on Monday, an AFP journalist said, slowing or paralysing government offices and banks in the unstable West African country. The move follows a similar strike last week, and...

Algeria rights group blasts pre-election 'repression' An Algerian rights group Monday decried "escalating repression" ahead of next month's parliamentary election, the latest poll to be boycotted by the country's protest movement. "By resorting to intensified...

Spain accuses Morocco of 'aggression' and 'blackmail' over migrant crisis Madrid, May 20, 2021 (AFP) - Spain's defence minister on Thursday accused Morocco of "aggression" and "blackmail" after more than 8,000 migrants poured into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta this...