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A Moroccan blogger has been sentenced to two years in prison for "offending the Muslim religion" after posts on Facebook deemed offensive to Islam, her brother told AFP on Tuesday.  Bouzza Karim said his 39-year-old sister Fatema was questioned by police on July 15...

By Khaled Desouki Funerals were held in two Cairo churches Sunday evening for 41 victims of a fire that ripped through a Coptic Christian church during mass, forcing worshippers to jump out of windows. The blaze, blamed on an electrical fault, hit the Abu Sifin church...

By Ismail Bellaouali Morocco's Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, a billionaire petrol baron, is facing a growing online campaign demanding he step down as fuel prices -- and energy firms' profits -- surge. The government of the North African kingdom, which is heavily...

Tunisian coastguards "rescued" more than 250 migrants who were attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, the North African country's National Guard said on Sunday. Maritime authorities "were able... to rescue 255 would-be migrants, including 170 people of...