Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Since Donald Trump became President of the United States, North Africa and the African continent in general, have not been a strategic focus for Washington. But on the crisis in Libya, the US administration is trying to reengage these days and to be less reactive and...
Monday, November 25, 2019
Former Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune, a close friend to General Gaid Salah, the head of the military, is facing extremely difficult challenges as he tries to convince his bosses in the military (not voters) that he should be Algeria’s next president. For a...
Monday, November 25, 2019
Cairo, Nov 25, 2019 – An Egyptian Coptic rights activist is facing charges of joining a “terror” group and spreading misinformation, his lawyer confirmed Monday, amid a renewed crackdown on dissidents in the country. Ramy Kamel was arrested from his...
Friday, November 22, 2019
Friday, November 22, 2019
Friday, November 22, 2019
Algiers, Nov 22, 2019 – Authorities arrested more than 80 people during a night-time protest in the Algerian capital, a prisoners’ rights group said Friday. Demonstrators have been protesting against next month’s presidential election which they...
Friday, November 22, 2019
The UN voiced alarm Friday at a “spike” in migrant boats departing from Libya this week, following fresh raids around the capital Tripoli. “In the span of 48 hours, at least nine boats carrying more than 600 migrants have been discovered on the...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Versions francaise Oped and opinion by Arezki Daoud | 20 November 2019: The Algerian regime has been working hard to show an image of a normal country that is preparing a normal presidential election. Sadly, the preparation phase and the ongoing election campaign are...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Version Anglaise Opinion par Arezki Daoud: 20 November 2019 – Le régime algérien travaille d’arrache-pied pour montrer l’image d’un pays normal qui prépare une élection présidentielle normale. Malheureusement, la phase de préparation et la...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Geneva, Nov 19, 2019 – More than 2.4 million people need urgent food aid across the central Sahel region, encompassing Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, where rising jihadist violence has triggered a humanitarian crisis, the UN said Tuesday. “If we do not act...
Monday, November 18, 2019
Cairo, Nov 17, 2019 – An Egyptian military court sentenced a Libyan man to death and 32 other defendants to life over a deadly 2017 attack in the Western Desert, the army spokesman said Sunday. The incident took place in October 2017 when a deadly firefight...
Monday, November 18, 2019
Tripoli, Nov 17, 2019 – Thirteen European diplomatic missions in Libya, including the EU delegation, demanded Sunday “urgent investigations” into the disappearance four months ago of a lawmaker and called for her immediate release. Siham Sergewa...
Friday, November 15, 2019
Algiers, Nov 15, 2019 (By Amal Belalloufi with Aymeric Vincenot) – Demonstrators thronged the streets of the Algerian capital on Friday to renew their opposition to a presidential election they say will keep in power a political elite rejected by the people. The...
Thursday, November 14, 2019
After signaling their opposition to almost all the laws that the Bedoui government submitted, the lawmakers of of the National Assembly adopted on Thursday, 14 November 14, by a majority vote the so-called Hydrocarbons Law. The law, presented by the Bedoui government...
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Algerians have experienced seven deliberate disruptions in access to Facebook during the first six months of 2019, according to the latest data shared by the social network in its latest transparency report. Two specific periods of disruption of access have been...
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Tunis, Nov 13, 2019 – Tunisian women protested outside parliament Wednesday against the swearing in of a newly elected lawmaker who was caught in a video that purported to show him masturbating outside a school. The protesters fear that Zouheir Makhlouf, who...
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Tunis, Nov 13, 2019 – The leader of Tunisia’s Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, Rached Ghannouchi, was elected parliament speaker on Wednesday, a month after it came top in legislative polls. Ghannouchi secured the post with 123 votes from 217 votes cast...
Thursday, November 14, 2019
A pipeline caught fire near Itay el-Barood in the Baheira province of Egypt on 13 November 2019, killing six people and wounding more than a dozen. Authorities blame vandals for the leak with the purpose of stealing oil.
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Tripoli, Nov 14, 2019 (By Nawas Al-Darraji) – A Libyan teachers’ strike over salaries and “phantom” employees has closed schools for the past month in a country where education has already been hard hit by conflict and political turmoil. The...
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Geneva, Nov 14, 2019 – Egypt faced strong criticism at a UN review of its rights record Wednesday, with diplomats voicing alarm over detention conditions and shrinking freedoms in the country recently rocked by mass protests. Speaking before the United Nations...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Bamako, Nov 11, 2019 – Mali is conducting a giant operation against jihadists in the country’s troubled centre using both ground and air strikes and leading to the death of “several terrorists”, the government said Monday. The move follows two...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
On 8 November 2019, UN experts issued a damning statement reporting that “the prison regime in Egypt may have directly led to the death of former President Mohamed Morsi, and may be placing the health and lives of thousands more prisoners at severe risk.” ...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Tunis, Nov 10, 2019 – Tunisia’s Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party which last month came top in legislative polls put forward its leader Rached Ghannouchi on Sunday to head the next parliament. Ennahdha, which won 52 out of 217 seats in October’s...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
By Arezki Daoud – 12 November 2019 – An Algerian court handed over one-year jail terms to 28 demonstrators for the “crime” of carrying the Amazigh flag. The court’s argument to justify its abusive sentences was that those sentenced were...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Ethiopia’s construction of a massive power dam on the Blue Nile is raising tensions with Egypt, which depends on the river for 90 percent of its water supply. As the neighbours and Sudan meet in Washington Wednesday for mediated talks on the potential conflict...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
An escalation of attacks across the Sahel is now affecting mining operations, with Canadian firm Semafo reporting casualties among its employees. At least 37 people were killed and dozens more wounded according to local authorities. MEA Risk LLC reports that...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
[chat] November 6, 2019: By Arezki Daoud: The Algerian crisis has intensified over the past two weeks, with the head of the military, General Gaid Salah, ordering directly Justice Minister, Belkacem Zeghmati to forcefully deal with judges. Anger has peaked among...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
France on Tuesday announced the death of a top jihadist leader in Mali as it sought to reassure the West African nation of European support in the fight against militant bloodshed. French troops killed Moroccan Ali Maychou of the Group to Support Islam and Muslims...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
France’s defence minister said Tuesday she was “optimistic” European forces would step up to bolster the fight against militancy in Mali, as the country reels from a devastating jihadist attack that killed dozens of soldiers. Mali’s military is...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Tripoli, Nov 6, 2019 – Two Libyan policemen were killed in an air strike on a police station in the suburbs of Tripoli late Tuesday, the UN-recognised Government of National Accord said. Its interior ministry blamed the strike on the forces of east Libyan...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Geneva-based International Commission Jurists (ICJ) blasted Algeria today (6 November) on its handling of the judges and their transfers. ICJ called on the Algerian authorities to reverse the decision of the Minister of Justice to transfer 2,998 judges, and instead...
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Cairo, Oct 31, 2019 – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi suggested Thursday listing military-owned companies on the stock exchange, along with other state-run firms and assets. “There must be an opportunity for the armed forces’ companies. They...
