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Sahel: France announces troop withdrawal from Mali: ImplicationsF

What next for Mali as France plans military pullout? By Amaury Hauchard, with Laurent Lozano in Dakar France's announcement on Thursday that it will withdraw its military from Mali marks a profound shift in the balance of power in the Sahel. Allied forces from...

Algeria’s harassment of journalists continues, prosecutors wants more prison time to journalist DrareniF

Algerian prosecutors on Thursday called for harsher penalties against journalist and press freedom activist Khaled Drareni, his lawyer said, after an appeal against his two-year prison sentence. The 41-year-old, who used to work for French news channel TV5 Monde and...

Algeria’s unemployed to get monthly allowances and health insuranceF

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said Tuesday that the government would introduce youth unemployment benefits as the North African nation struggles with a jobless rate of almost 15 percent. The payments will be made "to preserve the dignity of young people",...

Italy accepts return of waste previously exported to TunisiaF

Tunisia will return more than 280 containers of waste illegally imported from Italy in 2020, the north African country's environment ministry said Monday. The containers were brought in by a Tunisian company that falsely claimed that the household waste -- barred from...

Human Rights: Saudi Arabia jails Tunisian midwife for a retweetF

Oct 28, 2022

The sister of a Tunisian woman jailed by Saudi Arabia for retweeting a post about Lebanon's Hezbollah movement on...

Sahel: Rights watchdog urges independent probe into Chad deathsF

Oct 28, 2022

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Chad to let outside investigators probe clashes last week between security forces...

Egyptians expect more hardship as Cairo gets $3 billion loan from IMF. Currency value plunges 17%F

Egyptians expect more hardship as Cairo gets $3 billion loan from IMF. Currency value plunges 17%F

Oct 27, 2022

Egypt has clinched a $3 billion loan deal with the International Monetary Fund conditioned on a currency depreciation...

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