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Tunisia arrests 11 after clashes

Eleven Tunisians were arrested during a night of clashes between protesters and police in the central region of Sidi Bouzid, the interior ministry said Tuesday, after the self-immolation of a young man sparked outrage. Clashes in Jelma started after the death last Friday of a 25-year-old...

16 killed as fire hits Sudan factory: doctors

A fire triggered by an explosion tore through a factory in the Sudanese capital Tuesday, killing 16 people and injuring dozens, doctors and witnesses said. Thick plumes of black smoke billowed into the sky after the blaze broke out at a tile manufacturing unit in an industrial zone in north...

Yemen: 217 civilians killed in port city despite truce

More than 215 civilians have been killed and over 2,000 injured since a ceasefire came into effect late last year in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Al-Hudaydah, a militia that fights for the Yemeni government announced Monday. The press office of al-Weyat al-Amaliqa, or the Giants Brigades,...

Sudan cinema flickers back to life after Bashir ouster

Talal Afifi has worked for years to revive Sudanese cinema which has languished through decades of authoritarian rule. With the fall of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir, he sees new hope. Bashir's Islamist-backed rule of 30 years had seen cinemas shuttered and US sanctions prevent imports...