Rwanda's President Paul Kagame met Saturday with his Benin counterpart Patrice Talon, promising military support to...
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Tunisia arrests secular opposition politician Jawhar Ben Mbarek
Tunisian security forces have arrested Jawhar Ben Mbarek, the most prominent opposition figure to be rounded up in an...
Tunisia: Opposition figure Seifeddine Makhlouf sentenced to prison by military court for “insulting police
Plainclothes security officers in Tunisia detained a prominent critic of President Kais Saied in the early hours of...
Sahel: Regime in Chad said it thwarted a coup
The government in Chad said Thursday that it had foiled an "attempted destabilisation" plot by army officers and a...
Libya: Another gruesome mass grave unearthed in city of Sirte
Forty-two bodies have been found in a mass grave in the Libyan city of Sirte, an ex-stronghold of the Islamic State...
Sahel: Burkina Faso coup leader removed by another coup
By Olympia de Maismont with Pierre Donadieu in Abidjan: Security forces fired tear gas to disperse angry protesters...
Sahel: Chaos and killings accelerate in Mali
UN report highlights the brutality of Mali’s army Civilian deaths and rights abuses by Malian soldiers surged in the...
Sahel: The lawless northern Chad and deaths over gold
Around 100 dead in clashes between Chad gold miners Around 100 people have died in clashes between gold miners in...
Western Sahara: Reports of Moroccan security forces assaulting Sahrawi militants
Human rights group Amnesty International Friday urged Moroccan authorities to investigate urgently allegations that...
Libya: Violent clashes in west Tripoli
Violent clashes rocked a western area of the Libyan capital overnight and until Sunday morning, an interior ministry...
Sahel: Gunmen kill seven former rebels in northern Mali
Seven former rebels were killed in northern Mali overnight, a spokesman of the group, the Coordination of Movements of...
Libya: Former Interior Minister Bashagha and parliament chief Aguila want to be president
Libya's parliament chief, Aguila Saleh to run for presidency The speaker of Libya's eastern-based parliament, Aguila...
Tunisia: General strike in Aguereb after death of resident from tear gas inhalation
A Tunisian city held a general strike on Wednesday, after a protester died of tear gas inhalation during angry...
Libya: Saadi, son of dictator Moamer Kadhafi, released from prison
Saadi Kadhafi, a son of Libya's late dictator Moamer Kadhafi who was overthrown and killed in a 2011 uprising, has...
Tunisians confronting uncertainty
By Kaouther Larbi: Many people in Sidi Bouzid, the cradle of Tunisia's 2011 revolution that launched the Arab Spring,...
Sahel: 16 soldiers killed in jihadist-hit southeast Niger
An attack by hundreds of Boko Haram fighters on a town in Niger's jihadist-plagued southeast killed 16 soldiers and...
Egyptian law to punish state employees who show dissenting views
Egypt's parliament Monday authorised the dismissal of public workers listed as government opponents and "terrorists",...
Egypt: The bizarre sentencing in Egypt of TikTok influencers
An Egyptian court has sentenced two women TikTok influencers to six and 10 years in jail respectively for "human...
Sahel: Mali descends into chaos with second coup in the offing
The Real Problem in the Sahel: Editor’s Opinion The chaos in Mali has provided further evidence that the former...
Algeria: Hundreds detained as regime seeks to prevent protests
Algeria rights group blasts pre-election 'repression' An Algerian rights group Monday decried "escalating repression"...
Algeria: After attacking democracy activists and opposition parties, regime now targeting trade unions
(Photo: Algeria president Tebboune (left) and his Prime Minister Djerad) - Algeria's government warned trade unions...
Tunisia: Strike in the healthcare sector
Tunisian government doctors in non-emergency roles launched a three-day strike Monday to demand premiums paid to other...
Algeria withdraws law stripping citizenship to opponents abroad, big loss for regime hardliners
(Photo: Ultra-hardliner Justice Minister Belkacem Zeghmati) The Algerian regime backed away from issuing a...
Africa: With terror groups intensely fixated on Africa, security outlook feels gloomy
By Didier Lauras - From the arid expanses of the Sahel into the Sinai Peninsula and now Mozambique, Africa is proving...
Libya’s media professionals face censorship, intimidation and threats
By Hamza Mekouar - A decade after the fall of Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi and the end of his regime's stranglehold...
Algeria: Momentum builds for pro-democracy Hirak movement, Algerians insist on end of regime
UN urges Algeria to stop attacks on protesters The United Nations on Friday voiced concern about an increasing...
Sahel: Unfolding humanitarian crisis in Niger with growing masses of refugees from Nigeria and from within
The United Nations warned Tuesday that bloodshed in northwestern Nigeria was fuelling an exodus into neighbouring...
Algeria: Students resume their anti-regime Hirak movement, with Tuesday rallies
Some 2,000 Algerians, mostly students, rallied against the government Tuesday in defiance of lockdown measures, as...
Algerians take back their streets, reaffirm illegitimacy of Tebboune regime
By Abdelhafid Daamache - Thousands marched in Algeria's capital and other cities Monday to mark the second...
Algeria’s president announces upcoming release of political prisoners, early elections
By Amal Belalloufi and Philippe Agret - Algerian President Abdelmadjid declared pardons for jailed anti-government...
Sahel: More unrest in Mali with the killing of six soldiers in Boulkessy and Mondoro
Twin attacks on the army in central Mali killed six soldiers, while some 30 suspected jihadists were also left dead in...
Sahel: Bad governance, terrorism and foreign meddling cause displacement of two million people in the Sahel
More than two million people have been forced to flee their homes within their own countries' borders owing to...
Tunisia: Prime Minister recognizes “legitimate” anger of protesters but unrest continues
Young Tunisians clashed with security forces overnight and protest organisers called for anti-government rallies...
Tunisia: Street riots continue for fourth night in Tunisia
Tunisia braced for further protests Tuesday after hundreds were arrested in four nights of street clashes between riot...
Tunisia: Economic and social despair fuel unrest in Tunisia
Tunisia has seen a new wave of street clashes since the North African country marked the 10th anniversary of its...
Tunisia: Chaos and unrest in several cities, troops deployed
Tunisian authorities said Monday they had arrested more than 600 people and deployed troops after a third consecutive...