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Libya's eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar offered his backing Thursday for a peace process that seeks to end a decade of chaos, after meeting the head of a new transitional presidential council. The military commander met with Mohammad Younes Menfi, a former diplomat...

By Hicham Rafih - Authorities in Morocco faced mounting questions and calls for accountability Wednesday, two days after 28 people died when heavy rain flooded a basement factory in the port city of Tangiers. "The victims were trapped with no way to get out" and...

Libya has rescued more than 1,500 would-be migrants off its west coast in the past week, a non-governmental organisation said. "The Libyan coastguard has conducted several rescue operations from a week ago until (Wednesday) and rescued about 1,500 people," Adel...

Around 20 United Nations peacekeepers were wounded in an attack on their base in central Mali on Wednesday, a UN spokesperson said, offering a provisional toll.  Unidentified militants attacked a temporary base near Kerena, a village in the war-torn centre of the...