Thursday, December 5, 2019
Nouakchott, Dec 5, 2019 – At least 58 migrants trying to reach Europe from West Africa died as their makeshift boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania, but dozens of survivors managed to swim to shore. Wednesday’s sinking was the largest known loss of...
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Tunis, Dec 3, 2019 – Eleven Tunisians were arrested during a night of clashes between protesters and police in the central region of Sidi Bouzid, the interior ministry said Tuesday, after the self-immolation of a young man sparked outrage. Clashes in Jelma...
Monday, December 2, 2019
Tripoli, Dec 2, 2019 – At least five civilians were killed and 10 wounded in overnight air strikes in a suburb of Libya’s capital, the unity government’s health ministry said on Monday. “Violent air raids on the residential area of al-Swani...
Monday, December 2, 2019
Rabat, Dec 2, 2019 – A bus crash in northern Morocco killed 17 people as the vehicle overturned, the health ministry said Monday, in the second such accident in North Africa the same day. The bus crashed on Sunday near Taza, a town between the Rif and Atlas...
Monday, December 2, 2019
Monday, December 2, 2019
Libya’s navy said Saturday it had rescued 205 migrants in an operation off the coast of Tripoli. The rescue took place on Friday, with 158 men, 33 women and 14 children taken from three inflatable boats off the coast of Zawiyah, 45 kilometres west of the...
Monday, December 2, 2019
Ain Snoussi, Tunisia, Dec 2, 2019 – At least 26 people were killed when their bus crashed into a barrier on a mountain road and careered into a ravine in northwest Tunisia, officials said Monday. The health ministry said that 17 people were also injured in...
Friday, November 29, 2019
Paris, Nov 29, 2019 – An ambush by Islamic State jihadists did not cause a collision between two French army helicopters which left 13 soldiers dead in Mali, France’s military chief of staff said Friday. The Islamic State’s West Africa Province...
Friday, November 29, 2019
Algiers, Nov 29, 2019 (By Amal Belalloufi) – Algerians are due to elect a new president next month but a huge protest movement bitterly rejects the vote, fearing it will cement in power politicians close to the disgraced old guard. Candidates have been loudly...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Algiers, Nov 27, 2019 – Clashes took place Wednesday in northern Algeria between police and people protesting against an election meeting by a candidate standing in next month’s presidential poll, journalists said. “Outside the room where the meeting...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Tripoli, Nov 27, 2019 – Libya’s National Oil Corporation said fighting triggered a suspension of production Wednesday at a key field in the country’s southwest. Forces loyal to eastern Libya strongman Khalifa Haftar said they carried out air raids...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
On Wednesday 13 November, Major-General Abderrazak Cherif was sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Blida military court for “illicit enrichment, trading in influence and breach of army instructions.” This verdict shocked many observers and analysts...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
London, Nov 25, 2019 – The UK arm of French rail firm Alstom was on Monday fined £15 million ($20 million, 17.5 million euros) for bribery in relation to a tram contract in Tunisia, Britain’s Serious Fraud Office said. Alstom Network UK Ltd was convicted...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Paris, Nov 27, 2019 – Amnesty International warned on Wednesday that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s government had built a “parallel justice system” to crack down on critics and dissent. The London-based rights watchdog said the key...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
In normal democracy, candidate Abdelkader Bengrina, would have already resigned due to the terrible popularity he has been facing. But in Algeria, it is about pleasing a half dozen generals, in particular their bosses, General Gaid Salah. On the ground, there is no...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Europe has been silent about the political crisis unfolding in Algeria over the past nine months. In the eyes of the Algerian opposition and the public in general, such silence is sign of complicity with a military regime that has been committing human rights abuses....
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Paris, Nov 26, 2019 (By Daphne Benoit and Jérôme Rivet) – Thirteen French soldiers were killed in Mali when two helicopters collided while fighting insurgents in the country’s restive north, officials said Tuesday, the heaviest single loss for the French...
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.” ...
