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Egypt: Over 1,000 people arrested after anti-Sisi protests

Right groups in Egypt say more than 1,000 people have been arrested over ongoing anti-government protests. Last Friday marked the start of street protests organized...

Algeria: Ex-president’s brother jailed for 15 years

Said Bouteflika, the brother of Algeria's former president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was accused and put on trial...

Algeria: Eight infants killed in hospital fire

Authorities in Algeria say eight infants have died following a fire outbreak at the maternity unit of a hospital in eastern part of the...

Al-Sisi on shaky grounds as Egyptians protest against him

Egypt's President, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi appears to be standing on shaky grounds after hundreds of Egyptians staged their first major protests against him. Since 2014...

Former Tunisian President Ben Ali dies in exile

Tunisia’s ousted President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali has died in exile in Saudi Arabia. His family lawyer made the announcement on Thursday. Reuters quoted his...

Tunisian presidential candidate Karoui to remain in jail

One of the two candidates to reach the presidential run-off contest in Tunisia, Nabil Karoui has failed to secure his release from prison. Nabil Karoui,...

Ethiopia rejects Egypt’s plan for operating dam on the Nile

Talks between Ethiopia and Egypt over how a $4 billion hydropower dam will be operated on the Nile have not ended well. Ethiopia on Wednesday...

Tunisia: Two outsiders to contest presidential runoff poll

Tunisia's electoral commission has confirmed that a law professor Kais Saied and detained media mogul Nabil Karoui will contest the presidential run-off vote. They are...

Three Africans arrested for torturing migrants in Libya

Three Africans have been arrested for torturing migrants in a detention centre in north-west Libya. The men, a 22-year-old Guinean and two Egyptians aged 26...

Algeria: Presidential election to take place in December

Algeria's interim president Abdelkader Bensalah has announced in a televised speech on Sunday that presidential election will take place this year. According to Bensalah, an...

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