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Sahel: Burkina’s new leader de-emphasizes importance of electionF

Elections in Burkina Faso are "not a priority" compared to "security", the country's military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore said Friday on state TV, almost a year to the day after coming to power in a coup. Traore, who had promised a return to democracy with...
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Libya: Warlord Haftar in MoscowF

Libya's eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar travelled to Russia on Tuesday for talks on the situation in the war-and flood-ravaged North African country, his self-styled army said. Upon his arrival in Moscow, Haftar was received by Russian Deputy Defence Minister...
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Algeria: While pro-democracy Hirak movement represents no risk to regime, Algeria continues to hold people in prisonsF

A United Nations expert on Tuesday urged Algeria to pardon people convicted or detained over their involvement in the pro-democracy protests of 2019-20 and to ease restrictions on gatherings. The Hirak protests broke out in February 2019, forcing longtime president...
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Algeria and Morocco on opposite sides of the Western Sahara conflict, face off at UNF

Moroccan and Algerian representatives to the United Nations sparred over the fate of Western Sahara on Tuesday, with Algiers calling for the revival of a long-stalled referendum on the fate of the former Spanish colony. "We Algerians have chosen the camp of justice,...
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