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Macron bows to inevitable in Niger with worst Africa setback

PARIS: France is finally facing up to reality by withdrawing both its ambassador and military from Niger two months after…

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Thousands of Sudanese in limbo at Egypt border

WADI HALFA: In the sandy courtyard of a school turned shelter in northern Sudan, two children idly pass a football…

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Libyans unite to cope with flood

TRIPOLI: About a dozen women hunch over sewing machines in Libya’s capital, urgently making clothes for the living, and shrouds…

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Children trek to makeshift tent school in quake-hit Morocco

ASNI: In the earthquake-hit mountains of Morocco, 13-year-old Abdessamad El Berd gets up before dawn to make the long trek…

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Survivors recount Libya flood horror

DERNA: It was long past midnight when Abdel Moneim Awad al-Sheikh awoke to desperate screams from outside his home in…

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Battle rages in Central Khartoum

WAD MADANI: Flames gripped the Sudanese capital Sunday and paramilitary forces attacked the army headquarters for the second day in…

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Children traumatized by Morocco ‘nightmare’ quake

IMI N’TALA: Nine-year-old Moroccan girl Ibtissam Ait Iddar was fortunate to have been rescued from under the rubble, but like…

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Global aid effort intensifies for Libya

DERNA: A global aid effort for Libya gathered pace Thursday after a tsunami-sized flash flood killed at least 4,000 people,…

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Fears mount of rising death toll in Libya

DERNA, Libya: Libya was reeling Wednesday from a massive flood that left thousands dead and missing, wreaking havoc in the…

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Warmer seas, political chaos drive Libya flood toll: Experts

PARIS: Warmer seas, political chaos and inadequate infrastructure combined with devastating effect in the flooding that has killed more than…

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‘Everything comes back’: Quake leaves mental scars

ASNI: When Khadija Temera, a survivor of Morocco’s devastating earthquake, was sent to a psychiatrist on Tuesday, she was just…

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2,300 dead in Libya floods, scores missing

BENGHAZI: At least 2,300 people were killed in Libya and thousands more were reported missing after catastrophic flash floods broke…

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