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The killing of three people at a church in France has focused attention on extremism in the suspected attacker's native Tunisia, where political instability has hobbled efforts to tackle radicalisation. It is unclear where Brahim Aouissaoui was radicalised in Tunisia,...

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...