Two Tunisian policeman convicted of raping a woman in a police car have their sentences more than doubled in a high profile court case.

The doctor and father of a 13-year-old who died after allegedly undergoing female genital mutilation are cleared in a landmark trial in Egypt.

Ils avaient été condamnés en première instance, en mars dernier, à sept ans de prison.

Les terroristes s'en sont pris au village d'Azaya Kura, dans le nord du pays, où flambe l'insurrection islamiste.

[Algerie Presse Service]President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said Thursday in Algiers that Algeria and Turkey can achieve major joint projects in Africa....

20 November 2014 Last updated at 18:39 GMT The World Health Organization says transmission of Ebola remains intense in Sierra Leone. China offers Guinea additional aid of $5m (£3.2m) to help in the fight against the disease. Taiwan warns the public to avoid travelling to Mali after recent cases there....

[Algerie Presse Service]Algiers -The contract to supply Turkey with Algerian Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) was extended for ten more years under an agreement signed Wednesday in Algiers by Energy Ministry Youcef Yousfi and his Turkish counterpart Taner Yildiz....

[Algerie Presse Service]Algiers -Algerian comedian Hamid Lourari, 83, nicknamed Kaci Tizi Ouzou, passed away Wednesday evening in Algiers after a long disease, National office of copyrights and related rights (ONDA) announced....

[Algerie Presse Service]Algiers -Turkey expressed Wednesday its willingness to create a free trade zone with Algeria in order to boost bilateral trade relations while preserving the economic interests of both countries....

[MSF]Swift and coordinated action is of paramount importance in the days immediately after new cases are reported, the medical organisation says...

Burkina Faso's deposed president Blaise Compaoré was en route to Morocco Thursday from the Ivory Coast, where he fled on October 31 following widespread demonstrations over his bid to seek re-election after 27 years in power....

[MAP]Marrakech -HM King Mohammed VI stressed on Thursday that Morocco is proud that the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) is held for the first time in the African continent....

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Mali's emerging Ebola crisis deepened Thursday as the government announced that a doctor had died from the disease, becoming the second health worker fatality linked to a single patient initially thought to have kidney disease. At least five people now have died from Ebola after coming into contact with a...

Two Tunisian policeman convicted of raping a woman in a police car have had their sentences more than doubled in a high-profile court case. The officers were jailed for seven years in March, drawing accusations of leniency. The sentences were extended to 15 years on Thursday after an appeal by the victim, known as Meriem Ben Mohamed. Her...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria mdash; The leader of a vigilante fighter group in Nigeria says Boko Haram militants have killed about 45 people in an attack on a village. Muhammed Gava of the Nigeria Vigilante Group said the assault occurred Wednesday in Azaya Kura village in...

Ancora provvisorio il numero delle vittime, molti si sono dati alla fuga. Il Parlamento ha deciso fra le polemiche di non rinnovare lo stato di emergenza

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said that 37,000 Eritreans asylum seekers arrived in Europe, via Sudan and Ethiopia, this year, indicating that the figure is three times more than the number of arrivals the same time last year.
Society

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali and France have signed four financing agreements, totaling FCFA 72.3 billion, PANA learnt here Thursday from official sources.
Economy

Osogbo , Nigeria (PANA) - With less than a year to the deadline set to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Nigeria is still struggling to improve the lives of 120 million slum dwellers, as demanded by the development agenda, according to UN Habitat Programme Manager in Nigeria, Kabiru Kyari.
Society

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - An International High Level Partnership Forum on Somalia opened Thursday in Copenhagen, Denmark, to take stock of the progress made in terms of security and development in the war-ravaged Horn of Africa country since the last international donors' conference held in September 2013.
Politics

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) ? The third round of the inter-Malian talks resumed Thursday in Algiers under the Algerian mediation, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ramtane Lamamra said, expressing hope "to see the Malian parties reach definitive agreement''.
Politics

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) ? The current chairman of the African Union, Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has hailed "the national consensus" in Burkina Faso that has seen the inauguration of acting president Michel Kafando to see the country through its transition.
Politics

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali is taking a series of measures to check the spread of the deadly Ebola virus after the country recorded four deaths in the past few days.
Health

Niamey, Niger (PANA) ? French Prime minister Manuel Valls is expected on Sunday in the Niger capital, Niamey, for a 24 hour our visit which will focus on military cooperation and security in the Sahel region, the Niger News Agency (ANP) reported on Thursday.
Politics

Niamey, Niger (PANA) ? Malian president Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita will on Friday begin a two-day official visit to Niger during which he will hold talks with his host, Issoufou Mahamadou, the Niger News Agency (ANP) reported on Thursday.

Bamako, Mali (PANA) ? The Malian ministry of Digital Economy, Information and Communication on Thursday signed a protocol with the print and electronic media in the West African country for the "professional handling" of information on the deadly Ebola epidemic.
Health

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told a press conference on Thursday in Algiers that Algeria and Turkey can together record great achievements in Africa.
Economy

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Algeria will continue supplying Turkey with natural gas for the next 10 years under an agreement signed in Tunis on Wednesday.
Economy

New York, US (PANA) - On the eve of a meeting of UN agency chiefs to discuss ways to jointly tackle the Ebola outbreak, the World Bank reported on Thursday that Liberia?s labour sector has suffered a huge blow since the start of the crisis, as a "massive effort" was underway in Mali to halt the spread of the re-emerged virus.
Health