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Migration: Three-year old girl from Tunisia reaches Italy on migrant boat, without parentsF

A Tunisian toddler aged just three has reached Italy aboard a boat with other irregular migrants, but without her parents, who have been detained, authorities said Thursday. "The prosecution has opened an investigation and the girl's parents have been detained on...

Tunisian bakers strike over unpaid subsidiesF

Thousands of Tunisian bakers staged a strike Wednesday to demand that the state pay up overdue subsidies, but suspended the action in the evening after reaching a deal with the government. The national bakery owners' union said some 3,200 of their businesses had...

Sahel: Record death toll from floods in NigerF

Flooding caused by heavy rains in the West African state of Niger has claimed nearly 200 lives and affected more than a quarter of a million people, the Civil Protection Service said on Thursday, describing the toll as one of the highest on record. Rainy-season floods...

Sahel: More than 150 dead in Niger rainy season floodsF

Severe floods in Niger after months of heavy downpours have killed 159 people, authorities said Monday, marking one of the deadliest rainy seasons in history for a normally arid state. The landlocked Sahel state's annual rainy season typically runs between June and...

Sahel: Thousands displaced by Niger conflict set to returnF

May 16, 2023

More than 18,000 people who have fled conflict in jihadist-hit western Niger are being given help to return as...

Sahel: Growing concern over crackdown on media in the SahelF

May 3, 2023

Thirty media outlets and press freedom groups on Wednesday called for Mali and Burkina Faso's ruling juntas to...

Algeria passes law further curbing press freedomF

Apr 17, 2023

Algeria's parliament on Thursday passed a law further restricting press freedom in the North African country by...

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