Tunisia has reported a 22.5 percent rise in the number of migrants "intercepted on shore or rescued at sea" as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean to Italy.
The National Guard reported that more than 21,000 people had been prevented
from leaving Tunisian shores or had been rescued during the first four months
of 2024.
A press statement from the National Guard, which also overseas Coastguard
operations, said 21,545 people were intercepted between January 1 and April
30, compared with 17,576 over the same period last year.
Sudan's agriculture minister, Abubakr al-Bushra, dismissed claims of famine in the country, questioning UN-backed data that 755,000
Libya’s Ministry of Interior reported Wednesday that Tunisian authorities have arrested two suspects linked to the assassination attempt on
Tunisia is distancing itself from Algeria's controversial "new Maghreb bloc" project, which aims to create an
A heatwave in Morocco has claimed at least 21 lives within 24 hours in the central city of Beni Mellal,
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