In a series of surprise operations, coastal communities in Morocco have been experiencing the forceful destruction of...
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Morocco’s water woes deepen as rationing takes hold
By The North Africa Journal: The entire sub-region of North Africa is the hardest hit by a drought that is causing...
Algeria: Six members of the same family die of carbon monoxide in MSila
Six members of the same family died on Sunday, 14 January 2024, at their home in the municipality of Ain El Melh in...
Libya: Incompetent eastern authorities tighten control on media, block communications access
Communications were severed Tuesday to the flood-hit Libyan city of Derna and journalists were asked to leave, a day...
Tunisian island of Djerba gets added to UNESCO World Heritage list
UNESCO announced Monday it was adding the Tunisian resort island of Djerba to its list of World Heritage Sites because...
Week after quake hit Morocco, survivors worry about dire hygiene conditions
By Anne-Sophie Labadie: In her earthquake-hit Moroccan town, Zina Mechghazzi has improvised a sink by placing a pink...
Libya: Entire families of Syrian migrants perished in flood
More than 100 Syrians, including entire families, died in flash flooding that killed thousands in Libya's eastern city...
France arrests journalist for reporting on alleged French targeting of civilians in Egypt
France was accused of an "unacceptable" attack on press freedom Tuesday after a journalist was arrested for reporting...
Libya: Phone and internet links severed in flood-hit Derna, day after protest
Telephone and internet links were severed Tuesday to Libya's flood-hit city of Derna, a day after hundreds protested...
Libya: Unrest in Derna
By Amanda Mouawad: Hundreds of protesters rallied in Libya's disaster-hit Derna on Monday, accusing the authorities of...
Libya: What is the storm that destroyed NE Libya? Meet Daniel
The flash flood that has killed thousands of people in Libya this week followed a "medicane", a rare but destructive...
Morocco: How is King Mohammed VI Managing the Earthquake Crisis?
Could the earthquake be a defining moment for King Mohammed VI? So far, there have been mix signals about his...
Libya: The utter destruction of Derna
By Abdullah Doma: Rescuers sifted through mud and rubble Friday in their search for people missing from the...
Podcast: Libya’s Floods and Maghreb’s Leadership Deficit
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: The earthquake in #Morocco and the floods in #Libya should be an opportunity for "leaders" in...
Libya Floods: Latest Update
By Rim Taher: Flash flooding in east Libya caused by Storm Daniel tore through the coastal city of Derna, leaving...
Podcast: Understanding North Africa’s earthquakes, history and outlook
Understanding North Africa's Quakes, History and What to Expect
Libya: Death toll surges to 2,300 in historical flood
At least 2,300 people were killed in Libya and thousands more were reported missing after catastrophic flash floods...
Morocco: Race against time to find survivors 4 days after quake
Hopes dimmed on Tuesday in Morocco's search for survivors, four days after a powerful earthquake killed more than...
Morocco quake: How villagers feel abandoned
By Sahar Al Attar with Joshua Melvin in Missirat: Homeless, traumatised and in some cases feeling abandoned by the...
Morocco: Red Cross appeals for over $100 mn
The Red Cross appealed on Tuesday for more than $100 million to provide desperately needed assistance in Morocco, days...
Libya: Major disaster unfolds, 10K people missing in storm-hit northeast
The death toll from freak floods in eastern Libya is expected to soar dramatically, with 10,000 people reported...
Morocco confronted with large-scale disaster management challenges
By Anne-Sophie Labadie: The hospital in Amizmiz caring for Moroccans injured in the earthquake is now a tent pitched...
Libya: Freak floods hit northeastern, death toll could reach 2,000
At least 150 people were killed (North Africa Journal editors' note: count likely to reach or exceed 2,000) when freak...
Video: Morocco quake, aftermath
When politics gets in the way: France and US not in the list of countries Morocco asked for help
By Delphine Touitou: France is insisting that the reluctance of Morocco to accept French offers of aid in the wake of...
Morocco earthquake: update on search and rescue, the latest on the ground
Testimonies from residents By Kaouthar Oudrhihi with Anne-Sophie Labadie in Amizmiz: Moroccan rescuers supported by...
Another tragedy in North Africa, at least 150 killed in Libyan floods
At least 150 people were killed in freak floods in eastern Libya as a result of storm Daniel which has swept the...
Morocco earthquake: How residents are coping with the earthquake (video)
Morocco earthquake: How residents are coping with the earthquake
Rescue operations continue in Morocco: Latest as of 8:11 PM GMT (4:11 PM EST)
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: Using heavy equipment and even their bare hands, rescuers in Morocco on Sunday stepped up...
Morocco: Uncertainty looms in the tourism sector
By Anne-Sophie Labadie: Marrakesh's ancient medina was nearly empty on Sunday after a deadly earthquake that hit...
Morocco quake update as of 2:18 PM GMT
By Olivier Thibault: Rescuers in Morocco were scrambling Sunday to reach people trapped under the rubble after a...
Morocco: Spanish rescuers arrive in quake-stricken Marrakesh
Spain on Sunday sent 56 rescuers and four search dogs to Morocco following the powerful earthquake that killed over...
Morocco’s quake: the unbearable loss of the villagers of Moulay Brahim
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: Lahcen sits in the corner of the village dispensary in Moulay Brahim in Morocco's High Atlas...
Morocco: Death toll from earthquake reaches 1,305 says government
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: Morocco's deadliest earthquake in decades has killed more than 1,300 people, authorities said...
Morocco: National tragedy hits Morocco with deadly quake
Lahcen sits in the corner of the village dispensary in Moulay Brahim in Morocco's High Atlas mountains. He's...
Morocco: Earthquake kills hundreds of people in Marrakesh
A powerful earthquake that shook Morocco late Friday killed more than 600 people, interior ministry figures showed,...
Egypt: With 2.2 million births in 2022, president Sisi urges lower birth rate
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called Tuesday for measures to slow the birthrate in the Arab world's most...
Tunisia: President continues to weaken Islamist party Ennahdha with more arrests
Two leaders of Tunisia's Islamist-inspired opposition party Ennahdha have been arrested, the party said Wednesday, in...
Egypt: Four dead in Cairo building collapse
A building collapse on Wednesday killed four Egyptians from the same family in a Cairo neighbourhood where a similar...
Algeria: Eight killed by floods in northwest Algeria
Flooding caused by torrential rain has killed eight people in western Algeria, the country's civil defence service...
Algeria says it was forced to shoot at jet skiers, as families plan to file complaints in French courts
Algeria said Sunday its security forces had opened fire this week after a group of jet skiers from Morocco ignored...
Niger: Anti-France sentiment spikes in Niger, tense weekend of protests ahead
Niger braced Friday for a weekend of planned anti-French rallies as tensions mount between the country's new military...
Algeria: France says one citizen killed, another ‘jailed in Algeria’
France on Friday confirmed one of its citizens had been killed and another was jailed, a day after media reports said...