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(Photo: Poet Mohamed Tadjadit) Two jailed activists from Algeria's anti-government "Hirak" protest movement have been on hunger strike for over a week to protest their incarceration, one of their lawyers said Saturday. Mohamed Tadjadit, nicknamed the "Hirak poet",...

N'Djamena - Chad's former oil minister was in custody on Thursday following his arrest for allegedly stealing public funds, the police and his lawyer said.  Djerassem Le Bemadjiel was arrested on Wednesday after a complaint by a state body that reports directly to...

The interior minister in Libya's UN-recognised Government of National Accord was reinstated on Thursday after a week-long suspension and an inquiry on violent incidents during demonstrations last month. The GNA, on its Facebook page, said prime minister Fayez...

At least 10 Malian soldiers were killed in an overnight ambush in a central region near the Mauritanian border where armed jihadist groups are rampant, security and local sources said Friday. It is the third time Malian security forces have suffered heavy losses since...