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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...

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 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,...