North Africa
At least 21 migrants die after boat sinks off Tunisia
TUNIS (Reuters) -At least 21 migrants died after the boat carrying them sank off the coast of Tunisia, a security...
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Settlement agreed to release ship that blocked Suez Canal
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) -The owners and insurers of the Ever Given container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March...
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U.N.-backed Libya talks fail to reach consensus on elections
By Stephanie Nebehay and Ahmed Elumami GENEVA (Reuters) -U.N.-sponsored talks aimed at paving the way for elections in Libya in...
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U.N. Security Council likely to meet next week on Ethiopia dam
(Corrects in 2nd paragraph that Arab states issued call last month, not this month) By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters)...
Read moreAlgeria names finance chief Benabderrahmane as prime minister
ALGIERS (Reuters) -Algeria's president named Finance Minister Ayman Benabderrahmane as prime minister on Wednesday and asked him to form a...
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Seven migrants drown as boat capsizes off Italy’s Lampedusa
PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - At least seven migrants, one of them pregnant, drowned after a boat carrying them capsized five...
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Sudan to cut government spending, increase social spending
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan will cut its government spending and increase social spending, the cabinet said on Saturday, after completing...
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