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Nigeria protests Morocco’s plan to join ECOWAS

Nigeria appears to be skeptical about Morocco's bid to join the West African Sub-regional body ECOWAS and is reluctant in seeing it gain a membership, DW reports.

Sudanese children of Islamic State militants released in Libya

Four children from Sudan whose parents are believed to have been killed fighting for Islamic State in the Libyan city of Sirte last year were handed over to the Sudanese consul on Sunday for return to their country.

Egypt: Website of group supporting media blocked

Egypt has blocked internet access to the website of an international media watchdog that provides support for journalists and champions media freedoms.

Algeria’s president sacks prime minister

Algeria's official news agency says the North African country's stroke-afflicted president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has fired Abdelmadjid Tebboune as prime minister.

Three ancient tombs discovered in Egypt

Archaeologists have discovered three tombs that date back around 2,000 years in southern Egypt. They were found in burial grounds in the Al-Kamin al-Sahrawi area in Minya province, south of Cairo.

Militiamen seize Libyan ex-premier in Tripoli

Libyan militiamen have abducted one of the country's former prime ministers in the capital, Tripoli, witnesses said on Monday.

Egypt’s Moussa rejects calls to extend presidential terms

The head of the panel that drafted Egypt's 2014 constitution, possibly the most progressive in the country's history, has denounced calls to amend the charter, saying parliament should focus instead on implementing it.

Egyptian train crews held over fatal crash, railway chief quits

The head of Egypt's railway authority, Medhat Shousha, has resigned following a train collision in Alexandria that killed at least 41 people, Transport Minister Hisham Arafat told reporters on Sunday.

Train collision kills over 20 in Egypt’s Alexandria

More than 20 people are reported to have died in a train collision in Egypt's Alexandria on Friday.

Islamic State claims attack on police in Egypt’s Sinai

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for killing four Egyptian policemen in restive northern Sinai peninsula.

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