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		At least 57 migrants drown in shipwreck off Tunisia -Tunisian Red Crescent
		
			Middle East
			
				
				 
		
	May 18, 2021
At least 57 migrants drown in shipwreck off Tunisia -Tunisian Red Crescent
						At least 57 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunis as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to…					
				
			
		Algeria to impose restrictions on street protests
		
			Middle East
			
				
				 
		
	May 10, 2021
Algeria to impose restrictions on street protests
						Algeria will bar any protests that do not have prior approval, it said on Sunday, a move apparently aimed at…					
				
			
		Tensions rise between Morocco and Germany
		
			Middle East
			
				
				 
		
	May 10, 2021
Tensions rise between Morocco and Germany
						This week, the ongoing tensions between Morocco and Germany have reached a new level, after Morocco took exception to Berlin’s…					
				
			
		Algerian scholar handed 3-year jail term for “offending Islam”
		
			Middle East
			
				
				 
		
	April 23, 2021
Algerian scholar handed 3-year jail term for “offending Islam”
						Said Djabelkhir, an academic who analyses Sufi Islam and is widely followed for his social media posts, left an Algiers…					
				
			
		Prime Minister Madbouly announces the return of Egyptian workers to Libya 
		
			Egypt
			
				
				 
		
	April 21, 2021
Prime Minister Madbouly announces the return of Egyptian workers to Libya
						Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has announced the signing of an MoU between Egypt and Libya to facilitate the return…					
				
			
		Tunisian journalists protest over new head of state news agency
		
			Middle East
			
				
				 
		
	April 13, 2021
Tunisian journalists protest over new head of state news agency
						TUNIS (Reuters) – Journalists at Tunisia’s state news agency protested on Tuesday against the appointment of a new chief executive,…					
				
			
		Libya’s new PM to visit Turkey, hold talks with Erdogan on Monday
		
			Middle East
			
				
				 
		
	April 12, 2021
Libya’s new PM to visit Turkey, hold talks with Erdogan on Monday
						ANKARA (Reuters) – Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh and a delegation of ministers will make their first visit to Turkey…					
				
			
		Ethiopia says Eritrean troops have started withdrawing from Tigray
		
			World
			
				
				 
		
	April 4, 2021
Ethiopia says Eritrean troops have started withdrawing from Tigray
						NAIROBI (Reuters) – Eritrean forces have started withdrawing from Ethiopia’s Tigray region in the north, the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said.…					
				
			
		Extremist kills self, her baby in Tunisia suicide bombing
		
			Middle East
			
				
				 
		
	April 2, 2021
Extremist kills self, her baby in Tunisia suicide bombing
						TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities said a female suicide bomber killed herself and her baby during counterterrorism operations in…					
				
			
		Hundreds of migrants intercepted off the coast of Libya
		
			Middle East
			
				
				 
		
	March 30, 2021
Hundreds of migrants intercepted off the coast of Libya
						CAIRO (AP) — At least 480 migrants were intercepted off Libya by local coast guard forces over the weekend, according…					
				
			