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East Libyan army takes rivals’ final holdout in Benghazi

East Libyan forces said they captured the final holdout of Islamist-led rivals in the southwest of Benghazi on Saturday, ending weeks of resistance by fighters camped in a cluster of apartment blocks.

Morocco arrests 15 for Islamic State links

Moroccan authorities said on Friday they had arrested 15 people suspected of ties with Islamic State in the latest raid officials say targeted militant...

Egypt Pharaoh statue ‘not Ramses II but different ruler’

An ancient statue which was pulled from the mud in Cairo is not the Pharaoh Ramses II, but could be another king, Egypt's antiquities minister has said.

22 Libyans wounded in fighting for oil ports evacuated by Italy

Italy evacuated 22 wounded Libyans for medical treatment in Rome, some of whom were involved in fighting this week for control of the eastern...

203 jailed protesters pardoned by Egyptian president

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has pardoned 203 jailed protesters who have been sentenced for violating the abrogated protest law issued in November 2013. This pardon...

Former Egyptian President Mubarak to be released

Hosni Mubarak, who was overthrown as president of Egypt in an uprising in 2011, will be released from detention in a military hospital, the...

Germany to deport Tunisian over 2015 museum attack

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Sunday that a Tunisian man wanted in his homeland for his possible involvement in a deadly...

Egyptian woman dies after hunger strike

An Egyptian woman died on Sunday after two weeks of hunger strike over a neighbour’s building which is in violation of a law.

Policeman killed in checkpoint attack in southern Tunisia

Islamist militants attacked a checkpoint in a town in southwest Tunisia early on Sunday, killing a policeman and wounding three others, security officials said.

Russian private security firm had armed men in east Libya

A force of several dozen armed private security contractors from Russia operated until last month in a part of Libya that is under the...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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