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As virus halts protests, Algerians turn to 'Radio Corona'

Algerians stuck in pandemic lockdown and dismayed with their government are tuning into an irreverent online broadcaster that is keeping their protest spirit alive: Radio Corona Internationale. Created in an expatriate's dining room in the United States, RCI offers a cocktail of political...

Libyan government forces advance further against Haftar

Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) announced late Monday that it has regained control of around 2,000 square miles of land west of the capital Tripoli from militias loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar.  In a statement, GNA military spokesman Mohammed Qanunu said the...

Sudan signs deal with World Food Programme to import wheat

Sudan inked a deal on Monday with the United Nations World Food Programme to import wheat, state media reported, more than a year after the country was rocked by protests sparked by bread price hikes. "The finance ministry signed today (Monday) a deal with the World Food Programme (WFP) to...

Libya: Gov't forces recaptures town near Tripoli

Libya's government forces have seized control of Sorman, a town in the south of capital Tripoli, from militias loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar, a spokesman said on Monday. Mustafa Al-Mujie, spokesman of Government of National Accord (GNA)'s military forces, said they had entered the town...