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Sahel: France-Burkina Faso’s diplomatic crisis acceleratesF

By Delphine Touitou: France said on Thursday that it was recalling its ambassador from Burkina Faso "for consultations," a day after agreeing to demands to pull its troops from the country. Around 400 French special forces are deployed in the deeply troubled Sahel...

Sahel: The dreadful Koro Toro prison and the brutality of the Chadian regimeF

By Ali Abba Kaya with Laura Diab and Thomas Gropallo in Libreville: Dehydrated and whipped by scorching winds as their crowded truck snaked through the dunes, some drank urine to survive, while those who died were tossed into the Chadian desert. After being rounded up...

Sahel: Jihadist violence intensifies in Burkina FasoF

Attacks in Burkina Faso have increased since October and now especially target civilians, according to junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traore, who took power last year on a vow to quell jihadist violence. The extremists are switching tactics to focus on civilians, Traore...

Sahel: Jihadists abduct dozens of women in north Burkina FasoF

By Hugues Richard Sama: Suspected jihadists have abducted roughly 50 women in insurgency-wracked northern Burkina Faso, local officials and residents told AFP on Sunday. Roughly 40 were seized about a dozen kilometres (seven miles) southeast of Arbinda on Thursday and...

Tunisia: Football star Nizar Issaoui sets himself alight to protest police brutalityF

Apr 17, 2023

A professional footballer in Tunisia has died after setting himself alight earlier this week in what he called a...

Tunisia wants more help from Europe, despite worrying policies of President SaiedF

Mar 29, 2023

Tunisia on Monday called for "constructive discourse" from the European Union after a string of leaders warned the...

Egypt: Generosity brings people together in Egypt amid Ramadan’s soaring food pricesF

Mar 29, 2023

By Bahira Amin: In a time of dire economic trouble, Egyptians are holding fast to the Ramadan tradition of charity,...

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