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Madrid said Wednesday it was working to help repatriate some 3,000 Spanish tourists who are stranded in Morocco after it suddenly imposed a blockade on passenger flights to Spain because of the pandemic. The Moroccan government announced on Monday that all passenger...

Seven Algerian prison guards and an inmate died of suffocation Wednesday in a septic tank accident at a prison in the country's northeast, justice minister Belkacem Zeghmati said. The men had entered the tank at the Oued Ghir prison outside Bejaia in order to clean...

A French air strike killed 19 civilians in central Mali in January, according to a UN report, seen Tuesday by AFP, that prompted a strong denial from France. On January 3, French warplanes struck near the remote village of Bounti in circumstances that sparked...

Libya's coastguard intercepted almost 1,000 Europe-bound migrants off its western coast in two days, the International Organization for Migration said on Monday. The North African country is a major route for migrants trying to reach Europe via the Mediterranean, and...