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Cairo, July 30, 2019 - Nearly a third of Egyptians live below the poverty line, up from 27.8 percent in 2015, Egypt's flagship state-owned newspaper Al Ahram reported on Tuesday, citing official figures. "The poverty rate has reached 32.5% across the republic for...

By Arezki Daoud:  The political crisis in Algeria has brought to the fore the extent of the state of the bankruptcy in governance, and indeed the outright control of the government by criminal elements. Collectively, the men who have been and are still in power...

Tunis, June 27, 2019 - Double suicide attacks shook Tunisia's capital Thursday, even as the country was plunged into uncertainty with the hospitalisation of President Beji Caid Essebsi who was said to be in "critical condition". The violence revived fears for the...

Nouakchott, June 25, 2019 - Mauritanian police raided the headquarters of two opposition parties, closing one of them amid high tension followed a disputed outcome to presidential elections, sources said Tuesday.   The operation late Monday came after police clashed...