In a series of surprise operations, coastal communities in Morocco have been experiencing the forceful destruction of...
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Libya: Protesters force closure of El Sharara oil field over local economics
The North Africa Journal - Protestors seeking social and economic development for the Fezzan region, located in the...
Drought is pushing North African economies to the brink and to social unrest
Drought is wreaking havoc on North Africa’s water supply and on its agriculture. All countries in the region are...
Egypt: After wishing each other a happy new year, Egyptians see price hikes that will make 2024 not such a happy year
Bread has always been a source of concern for rulers and leaders. When their prices increase, watch out for the public...
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...
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’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...
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...
Sudan: Deadly violence grips Darfur
Sudan's army chief on Tuesday visited Egypt on his first trip abroad since the outbreak of war in April, with the...
Sahel: Sanctions imposed against Niger to trigger catastrophic humanitarian crisis
The United Nations warned Tuesday that the political crisis in Niger and the sanctions imposed against the coup regime...
Sahel: As political tensions persist, Niger population faces hardship
Floods this week have caused the death of 31 people in politically battered Niger, including eight following the...
Sahel: Over 16 million people need aid in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
More than 16 million people affected by conflict and climate change in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger need humanitarian...
Egypt: Generosity brings people together in Egypt amid Ramadan’s soaring food prices
By Bahira Amin: In a time of dire economic trouble, Egyptians are holding fast to the Ramadan tradition of charity,...
Sahel’s children are facing extreme dangers, desperately need humanitarian help
By Robin Millard: Ten million children in west Africa's central Sahel region are now in "extreme jeopardy" and...
Sahel: The sad plight of children in the Sahel’s conflict zones
By Amaury Hauchard: After fleeing the jihadists who threatened their remote village, Aichata Hassan had no idea that...
Burkina Faso: Makeshift gold mine caves in near Hounde, killing several miners
Ten people were killed when a makeshift gold mine collapsed in western Burkina Faso, a miners' association said on...
Sahel: Three children die in school fire in Niger’s Zinder region
Three children died and 11 were injured, two of them seriously, when a school made of straw and wood caught fire in...
Egypt faces major risks this year as economy continues to fall apart
“Chicken feet are good for you…” The Egyptian pound traded Wednesday at half its value from March after the central...
Human Rights: Saudi Arabia jails Tunisian midwife for a retweet
The sister of a Tunisian woman jailed by Saudi Arabia for retweeting a post about Lebanon's Hezbollah movement on...
Egyptians expect more hardship as Cairo gets $3 billion loan from IMF. Currency value plunges 17%
Egypt has clinched a $3 billion loan deal with the International Monetary Fund conditioned on a currency depreciation...
Tunisia wants toddler migrant back after she reached Italy without parents
Tunisia said Wednesday it plans to repatriate a four-year-old girl who reached Italy aboard a boat with other...
Migration: Three-year old girl from Tunisia reaches Italy on migrant boat, without parents
A Tunisian toddler aged just three has reached Italy aboard a boat with other irregular migrants, but without her...
Tunisia: Bodies of eight migrants found off Zarzis
The bodies of eight migrants, thought to be Tunisians missing for two weeks, were recovered Monday off the coast of...
Sahel: Record death toll from floods in Niger
Flooding caused by heavy rains in the West African state of Niger has claimed nearly 200 lives and affected more than...
Moroccan nomads’ way of life threatened by climate change
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri In the blistering desert of Morocco, the country's last Berber nomads, the Amazigh, say their...
Environment: Severe floods wreck havoc on West African agriculture
By Aminu Abubakar Nigeria rice farmer Adamu Garba squelched barefoot through his paddy fields, surveying damage from...
Tunisia: Mayor of Mornag arrested after municipal police seized scales of street vendor who committed suicide
Tunisian police on Monday arrested the mayor of a town where a fruit seller committed suicide after his scales were...
Morocco: Dozen undocumented Sudanese migrants get 3 years in Moroccan prison
A Moroccan appeals court has sentenced 12 Sudanese migrants to three years in jail over violence in the run-up to a...
Video: Inside sex tourism in Morocco
France24's Reporters report on pedophiles and sex tourists in Morocco, where hundred of thousands are being sexually...
Tunisia: Cash-strapped Tunisia faces rationing and food shortages
By Habib Haj Salem Cash-strapped Tunisia is facing a dearth of imported foodstuffs from dairy products to coffee,...
Sahel: As sanctions bite, regime in Mali pledges orderly return to civilian rule
Mali on Tuesday urged African organisations to lift the last sanctions they had imposed after the state underwent two...
Tunisia: UGTT union boss says IMF conditions for loans drastic and unacceptable
The head of Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union confederation on Thursday rejected conditions set by the ...
Sahel: Despair in Chad as food crisis intensifies
Chad on Thursday declared a "food emergency" in the impoverished landlocked country, urging the international...
Sahel: The lawless northern Chad and deaths over gold
Around 100 dead in clashes between Chad gold miners Around 100 people have died in clashes between gold miners in...
Sahel: Millions of people face food shortages
The United Nations warned Friday that up to 18 million people in the Sahel face severe food insecurity, with rations...
Sahel: Slavery and forced child labor are alive and well in Mauritania
Mauritania has made progress in battling slavery but still has its work cut out to abolish the practice, the UN envoy...
From spikes in food prices to canceled flights, Russia’s war on Ukraine is hitting Africa hard
By Patrick Markey and Joel Olatunde Agoi From airlines in Nigeria to shoppers in Malawi, Africans are feeling the...
Egypt: Price of subsidized bread up by as much as 50% in Egypt, threatening stability
By Bassem Aboualabass Soaring bread prices sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine have bitten into the purchasing...
Tunisia: Protest in Tunis over president’s “power grab” as economy worsens
Thousands of Tunisian opposition supporters demonstrated Sunday in the capital against President Kais Saied's power...
MENA region confronted with dangerous wheat supply crisis
By Sarah Benhaida Russia's invasion of Ukraine could mean less bread on the table in Egypt, Lebanon, Yemen and...
Sahel: Explosion at illegal gold mine in Burkina Faso kills 63
The death toll from an accidental explosion at an illegal gold mine in southwestern Burkina Faso rose on Tuesday to...
Morocco: Accidental death of young boy in a well prompts Morocco to inventory its wells
Moroccan authorities plan to survey abandoned and unauthorized wells across the country, the official MAP news agency...
Algerian doctors leaving their country in droves, as nearly third of youth say they want to leave too
Women in Algerian prisons just for their opinions Mostaganem: After court postpones trial, jailed Hirak activity...