With labor unrest boiling into violence, the terms of the fragile consensus that kept Africa’s richest economy going through the transition from apartheid are threatening to unravel.

With labor unrest boiling into violence, the terms of the fragile consensus that kept Africa’s richest economy going through the transition from apartheid are threatening to unravel.

President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania was “lightly wounded” after a military patrol accidentally fired on his convoy, the government said Saturday.

President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania was “lightly wounded” after a military patrol accidentally fired on his convoy, the government said Saturday.

Tunisia’s ruling coalition said early Sunday that it had agreed to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on June 23, with the president being elected directly by voters.

Tunisia’s ruling coalition said early Sunday that it had agreed to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on June 23, with the president being elected directly by voters.