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Sahel: Niger reports major offensive against Boko Haram near border with NigeriaF

Jihadist-hit Niger last week killed about 30 members of the Boko Haram group and detained 960 followers, most of them women and children, who had fled neighbouring Nigeria, official sources said. State TV channel Tele Sahel said late Tuesday that on March 7 aerial...

Tunisia now has a rubber-stamping parliamentF

Tunisia on Monday inaugurated a new parliament largely stripped of its powers, after a vote that saw a paltry turnout amid boycotts following President Kais Saied's July 2021 power grab. The new assembly, elected in two rounds in December and January that saw a voter...

Algeria: Trial of independent journalist Ihasane El-Kadi starts on SundayF

Jailed Algerian journalist Ihsane El Kadi, accused of illegal fundraising, will remain silent during his trial which is due to start on Sunday, his defence team has said. El Kadi, director of the Maghreb Emergent news website and Radio M, was remanded in custody on...

Egypt to sell citizenship for money to compensate for bankrupt economyF

Egypt announced Wednesday it is offering citizenship to foreign investors willing to spend at least $250,000 in the country, as it struggles to fill its depleted coffers. According to state newspaper Al-Ahram, a decision by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli published in...

Migrations: Nine migrants die in west Tunisia, as number of migrants crossing the Med Sea increased 300% in first quarterF

May 17, 2023

The bodies of nine migrants from sub-Saharan African countries have been found in western Tunisia, near the border...

Tunisia: Senior opposition figure Rached Ghannouchi gets one year in prison, as president moves to authoritarianismF

May 16, 2023

The Tunisian Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party on Tuesday condemned the one-year prison sentence handed to its leader...

Sahel: Mali-UN relations worsening by the day as Malian forces are accused of committing mass murderF

May 15, 2023

Mali's military junta on Saturday denounced as "fictitious" and "biased" a UN report that said the army and foreign...

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