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Algeria: Journalist Abdelhakim Setouane gets six months in prisonF

A court in Algeria's capital Monday sentenced journalist Abdelhakim Setouane to six months in jail for defamation of a former speaker of the lower house of parliament, his lawyer said. Abdellah Heboul told AFP that the journalist, who has been detained since October...

Egypt: Eight arrested over train collision in Tahta that killed 18 peopleF

Egypt has ordered the arrest of eight people over a collision between two trains that killed 18 people last week, the prosecutor's office said Monday.  "The prosecutor general ordered that the two drivers... their two assistants, the guard of a traffic control tower,...

Egypt: Building collapse in Cairo claims 25 livesF

Egyptian state media said Sunday that at least 25 people were killed in a 10-storey building collapse in Cairo the day before, revising the toll up as rescue operations continued. Al-Ahram newspaper said the number of injured in Saturday's incident in the capital's...

Algeria: Hirak launches fifth week of anti-regime protestF

Pro-democracy protesters took to the streets in Algeria Friday, with authorities making arrests in the capital and dispersing demonstrators in other cities, a rights group and a journalist said. In Algiers, where thousands took part in the weekly Hirak protest...
Sahel: Disasters hit Niger hardF

Sahel: Disasters hit Niger hardF

By Boureima Hama Few countries in the world struggle with as many burdens as Niger. The arid Sahel state is the...

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