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Morocco piles more charges on jailed journalist Omar RadiF

A Moroccan court on Thursday sentenced journalist and rights activist Omar Radi -- already imprisoned on charges of espionage and rape -- to a three-month suspended sentence for "public drunkenness", his lawyer said. Fellow journalist Imad Stitou, 32, received the...

Covid-19 in the Maghreb: More restrictions in Morocco, peak infection in Tunisia and panic in AlgeriaF

Coronavirus: Latest global developments Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: - China outbreak – Millions of people are confined to their homes in China as the country tries to contain its largest outbreak in months with mass testing and travel...

Mali: Truck-bus collision kills 37 people at ZambougouF

Thirty-seven people were killed and several others injured when a bus collided with a lorry in central Mali during heavy rain on Tuesday, the government and local officials said. Road accidents are a regular occurrence in the former French colony, where the poor state...

Egypt: Sisi walking a risky road, announces increase in the price of breadF

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Tuesday his administration is ready to raise the price of subsidised bread as part of its continued austerity push towards economic recovery. "The time has come for the price of a loaf of bread to increase from 5 piastres...

Algeria: Death toll from wildfires exceeds 40, 13 arrested on suspicion of arsonF

Aug 22, 2022

The death toll has climbed to at least 43 from wildfires that have raged for days in northern Algeria, with numbers...

Sahel: Heavy rains destroy farmland, kill dozens of people in ChadF

Aug 21, 2022

Torrential rains have caused the death of 22 people in Chad since June, with more than 110,000 affected, a UN report...

Egypt: Cairo Metro break taboo by hiring first women train driversF

Aug 21, 2022

By Sofiane Alsaar As it prepares to expand to serve a population now exceeding 20 million, the Cairo metro has...

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