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Niger: Anti-France sentiment spikes in Niger, tense weekend of protests aheadF

Niger braced Friday for a weekend of planned anti-French rallies as tensions mount between the country's new military rulers and its traditional ally. A coalition of civil society groups opposed to the presence of French forces in Niger has called a three-day sit-in,...

Algeria: France says one citizen killed, another ‘jailed in Algeria’F

France on Friday confirmed one of its citizens had been killed and another was jailed, a day after media reports said two tourists were shot dead by coastguards when they strayed across Algeria's maritime border with Morocco. Moroccan media reported Thursday that two...

Sudan: Deadly violence grips DarfurF

Sudan's army chief on Tuesday visited Egypt on his first trip abroad since the outbreak of war in April, with the latest violence killing dozens of civilians in battle-scarred Darfur. As Abdel Fattah al-Burhan headed for talks with key ally Egyptian President Abdel...

Sahel: Sanctions imposed against Niger to trigger catastrophic humanitarian crisisF

The United Nations warned Tuesday that the political crisis in Niger and the sanctions imposed against the coup regime risk triggering "catastrophic" humanitarian effects. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, said it had revised contingency planning for Niger since a...

Libya: Incompetent eastern authorities tighten control on media, block communications accessF

Sep 20, 2023

Communications were severed Tuesday to the flood-hit Libyan city of Derna and journalists were asked to leave, a day...

Tunisian island of Djerba gets added to UNESCO World Heritage listF

Tunisian island of Djerba gets added to UNESCO World Heritage listF

Sep 19, 2023

UNESCO announced Monday it was adding the Tunisian resort island of Djerba to its list of World Heritage Sites because...

Week after quake hit Morocco, survivors worry about dire hygiene conditionsF

Sep 19, 2023

By Anne-Sophie Labadie: In her earthquake-hit Moroccan town, Zina Mechghazzi has improvised a sink by placing a pink...

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