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The US military is betting it can persuade Libya's rival factions to stop aiming at each other and instead focus on counter-terrorism cooperation.

Gabes residents clashed with authorities over decades of chemical pollution, after toxic gas left dozens of children hospitalised.

This is the first public announcement by a sitting Algerian president confirming the long-rumoured plan to bomb the venue of the declaration.

Algeria's defence budget is the largest in the Maghreb, far exceeding Tunisia's $1.4 billion, Morocco's $13.4 billion, and Mauritania's $274 million.

Despite divisions and dwindling participation, the root causes for Morocco's Gen Z protests remain unresolved and continue to drive calls for reform.

"They made it clear that our government's normalisation meant nothing. To them, we were still enemies," said one Moroccan Flotilla activist.

For the first time, these movements—long pitted against each other—converge in one shared demand: that officials, at last, must be held accountable.

The protests in Morocco are part of a global wave, stretching from Nepal to Madagascar, where Gen Z is protesting against corruption and social injustice.