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The age of 43, Aboubacar Traore is trying once again to kickstart his life after three failed attempts at migration. Poor and adrift, the stonemason and former imam is back in his native Mali -- a tale painfully common in a region where dreams of a better life abroad...

An Algerian journalist was released from prison Wednesday only to return directly to court for hearings in two other cases, an activist group said. Abdelkrim Zeghileche, head of the web-based Radio Sarbacane, was arrested in June and was last month given a 12-month...

France could back talks with some jihadist elements in Africa's restive Sahel region, a source in President Emmanuel Macron's office said on Monday. A dialogue with some elements of the Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM) would be "possible", the source said,...

Spain has summoned the Moroccan ambassador to explain comments by its prime minister over the Spanish north African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, which are claimed by Rabat. The spat comes at a sensitive time in relations between the two countries, in particular over...