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Regional reporting and analysis from across Africa, covering diplomacy, security, politics, business, and major developments shaping the continent.

Tunisia: ten years after the revolution, social anger stays the identical

Ten years in the past, the spark of the Arab Spring erupted in Tunisia, in Sidi Bouzid, a disadvantaged village within the heart of the nation the place Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on hearth. Ten years later, within the area, social anger has not died, fairly the other. And the well being disaster solely exacerbated the signs. Dozens of cities are demonstrating to demand the promised jobs and funding.…

A excessive US army officer visited Kenya amid plans

NAIROBI, Kenya - A excessive US army officer visited Kenya on Tuesday, his second journey to Nairobi in as many months, amid plans by Washington to withdraw close to 700 servicemen who're serving to throughout the battle in opposition to Al-Shabaab in Somalia, a country that is combating instability ensuing from frequent inter-clan conflicts, sturdy inside politics and rising insurgency.

Libya rejects equal inclusion of Haftar within the political course of stricken by disagreements

The Libyan authorities rejects any try to position Tripoli attackers and defenders on equal phrases, Libyan Protection Minister Salahaddin Namroush stated on Wednesday as variations and disagreements plague the UN-led political course of aimed toward ending the chaos within the oil-rich North African nation. "We assist each dialogue aimed toward lasting peace in Libya and for its folks to get pleasure from safety and security, however on the similar time we reject any try and make the aggressors and…