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Mauritania

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz attends the opening of an exhibition at the Arab World Institute in Paris, last April. (AFP)

Mauritanian president to step down after second term expires

Libya

Libyan strongman Field-Marshal Khalifa Haftar in La Celle-Saint-Cloud near Paris, last July. (Reuters)

Aides try to be reassuring about Haftar’s health despite endless flurry of rumours

Algeria

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika at a polling station in Algiers last November. (AFP)

Algerian president Bouteflika declares ‘race to power’ open

Algeria

The father of a victim of an Algerian military plane crash mourns during his son’s funeral in Algiers, on April 12. (Reuters)

Russian aircraft under scrutiny after Algerian plane crash

Off the hook. A 2015 file picture shows Saadi Qaddafi sitting behind bars during a hearing at a courtroom in Tripoli. (Reuters)

Saadi Qaddafi’s surprising acquittal of murder charges

Morocco

A Polisario Front fighter is seen on the outskirts of Tifariti in the Western Sahara. (Reuters)

Morocco pressures UN on Polisario’s incursions

Morocco

A cargo ship is moored at the Tanger-Med port complex in Ksar Sghir near the northeastern Moroccan port city of Tangier. (AFP)

Morocco’s Tanger-Med port running at full speed

Algeria

Ain El Fouara Fountain in the eastern Algerian city of Setif after it was vandalised, last year. (AFP)

Algeria’s symbolic fountain stands its ground in battle of ideas

OECD

Containers are seen at a Tunisian port terminal in Bizerte, on March 27. (Reuters)

Tunisia economy shows promise but more reforms needed, says OECD