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Egypt's parliament on Monday greenlighted a possible deployment of troops beyond its borders, after President Abdel  Fattah al-Sisi spoke of potential military operations in neighbouring Libya. Lawmakers unanimously approved "the deployment of members of the Egyptian...

Bamako, July 19, 2020 - West African mediators trying to resolve Mali's political crisis on Sunday called for a power-sharing government and a new constitutional court in their latest bid to calm tensions. The country is in the grip of a political impasse between...

Tunis, July 17, 2020 - Protesters demanding jobs in Tunisia's marginalised south have blocked a key pipeline carrying half the country's oil production after hundreds stormed a crude production site, the energy ministry said Friday. On Thursday demonstrators pushed...

El-Kamour, Tunisie, July 16, 2020 - Hundreds of protesters on Thursday forced their way into an oil production site in southern Tunisia, in the latest demonstration to demand jobs and development in the marginalised region. Demonstrators pushed their way past military...