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Lakhdar Bouregaa, a highly respected veteran of Algeria's war of independence against France and a key figure in an anti-regime protest movement, has died at the age of 87. “Lakhdar Bouregaa is now under God's protection," his son Hani Bouregaa wrote on Facebook late...

Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore launched his re-election campaign on Thursday, promising "peace" in a country undermined by jihadist attacks over the past five years. Speaking to a crowd of 25,000 at a stadium in the country's second-largest city,...

A total of 575 migrants have been intercepted off Libya's western coast in just a week, the UN's migration agency said Tuesday. "In the period of 27 October to 2 November, 443 migrants were rescued/intercepted at sea and returned to Libya," the International...

Algeria’s poor communications and PR skills The Algerian authorities have been so bad at communicating the illness of President Tebboune from the outset. First, they said the president decided to isolate himself voluntarily. Then a day later he was transferred to...