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Tunisia attack an assault on tourism and Arab world's 'first democracy'

The cradle of the Arab Spring, Tunisia is also the only country among all those affected by the movement to have succeeded in its transition to

Tunisia

Tunis counts human and economic cost of attack on tourists

Tunisia is riding the shock waves following Wednesday’s attack at the Bardo museum in Tunis in which at least 20 tourists and two Tunisians were

Somalia

US drone kills al-Shabaab leader Garaar in Somalia - Pentagon

A US drone strike in southern Somalia has killed the al Shabaab militant leader thought to have masterminded the deadly attack on a shopping mall in

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Tunisia

Tunisians hold vigils for victims of Bardo museum gun attack

Shocked by the deadly gun attack in the Tunisian capital in which at least 20 people were killed – many of them foreign tourists – hundreds of

Tunisia

Deadly museum siege ends in Tunisia with heavy death toll of foreign tourists

Anxiety and grief in Tunisia as a deadly standoff has come to and end two hours after it began.

Tunisia

Tunisia: seventeen foreign tourists among 19 people killed in museum attack

Seventeen foreign tourists were among 19 people killed in a gun attack on Tunisia’s national museum on Wednesday, the country’s prime minister said

Egypt

14 Muslim Brotherhood leaders face death sentence in Egypt

A court in Egypt is seeking the death penalty for the Muslim Brotherhood’s top leader Mohamed Badie and 13 other members. The defendants are charged

Libya

Families flee Libyan city of Sirte as fighting with ISIL militants escalates

Families have begun fleeing Libya’s coastal city of Sirte after two days of clashes between so called ISIL militants and fighters loyal to a

Egypt

Egypt's new capital will be solar powered, says housing minister

Egypt plans to build a new administrative capital east of Cairo within the next seven years costing the equivalent of 43 billion euros. The country’s

Nigeria

Boko Haram on the run as Nigerian army retakes Baga

Under the combined pressure of forces from Chad, Cameroon and Nigeria Islamic extremists Boko Haram are not having things all their own way. The

Libya

Libyan peace talks falter as fighting continues

There are fears of an early and fruitless end to the UN’s Libyan peace talks. Delegates convened again on Friday as the second week ended to find

Egypt

Gulf states bolster Egypt with financial support at Sisi summit

Gulf Arab allies have pledged big investments and central bank deposits for Egypt at an international summit which got underway in Sharm el-Sheikh on

World

More than a feeling: the benefits of multisensory learning

Traditional approaches to education rely mainly on two of our senses – seeing and hearing. But new experimental methods involving all five have been

South Africa

South African journalist mugged minutes before he went live on-air

Normally used to breaking news, a South African TV journalist became the news when he was mugged as he was about to go live on-air. Despite the

Nigeria

Nigeria announces further victories in fight against Boko Haram

Nigeria’s military says coalition forces have almost entirely recaptured the former Boko Haram stronghold of Yobe State, in the northeast of the

Nigeria

Boko Haram 'loses ground' in Nigeria

Military sources in Nigeria say their ground forces are starting to reclaim areas seized by Boko Haram militants. In the past months, the Islamist

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast's former first lady handed 20-year jail term

Simone Gbagbo given 20-year sentence for her role in the 2010 post-election clashes in Ivory Coast.

Libya

ISIL accused of kidnapping foreign oil workers in Libya

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Nigeria

Chad and Niger launch joint campaign against Boko Haram

Chad and Niger have launched a joint military operation against Boko Haram in Nigeria. The Sunni militant group has expanded cross border raids

Egypt

Bombs rock Egyptian city of Alexandria, killing at least one

A series of bombings has hit Egypt’s second city of Alexandria. One person was killed and five others wounded in one of the blasts, outside a

Mali

UN base comes under attack in Mali

Unknown attackers fired more than thirty rockets at a United Nations base in northern Mali early on Sunday (March 8). One UN peacekeeper was killed