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By Hademine Ould Sadi -  A Mauritanian state prosecutor on Thursday requested corruption charges against former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, and about ten other senior figures, after an investigation into his decade-long rule in the country. The prosecutor,...

Two children were killed and a woman wounded in a landmine blast Thursday in a mountainous region of western Tunisia known as a base for jihadists, the government said.  The explosion occurred on Mount Salloum, in a military zone in the marginalised region of...

Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday issued a decree setting June 12 for early legislative elections after he dissolved parliament last month, his office said.  Legislative elections were scheduled to be held in 2022, but Tebboune in February dissolved...

At least 20 people were killed and 24 others injured Thursday in a clothing factory fire on the eastern outskirts of the Egyptian capital, medical and security sources told AFP.  Twelve fire trucks were dispatched to extinguish the huge blaze as smoke billowed out...