Profile: Abdelfattah Mourou
Tunisian politician and lawyer Abdelfattah Mourou (: عبد الفتاح مورو) is a former politician and lawyer. He is a co-founder of the and served as its Vice-President. He served as First Deputy Speaker of the from 2014 to 2019. Biography[] Mourou in the 1980s At a young...Profile: Youcef Chahed
Tunisian politician (born 1970) Youssef Chahed (: يوسف الشاهد; born 18 September 1975) is a who served as the 14th from 27 August 2016 to 27 February 2020. He served as Secretary of State for Fisheries and Minister of Local Affairs in the past. He was a member of the...
Algeria: Risk analyst firm MEA Risk warns of crisis reaching climax in Algeria this fall
A MEA Risk assessment of the Algerian political stalemate warns that the crisis in the North African nation could reach its peak in the upcoming autumn season. MEA Risk even estimated that the anti-government protest movement will galvanize as of mid-September and...
Morocco: Raging flood water claims lives of seven people in Taroudant
Rabat, Aug 29, 2019 (AFP) – At least seven people were killed Wednesday when a river burst its banks and flooded a village football pitch where a game was being played in south Morocco, local authorities said. The victims included a 17-year-old boy and six...
Sahel: Scores killed in pastoral conflict in southern Chad
N’Djamena, Aug 28, 2019 – Eleven people were killed in fighting between nomadic herders and sedentary farmers in a dispute over trampled crops in southern Chad, the local governor said Wednesday. The violence broke out in the district of Koumogo on Monday,...
Sahel: Unrest in Mali over dismal road conditions
Kati, Mali, Aug 27, 2019 (AFP) – More than 1,000 trucks loaded with merchandise were blocked Tuesday at the entrance to Mali’s capital Bamako on the fourth day of protests against the poor state of the country’s roads. AFP reporters witnessed the...
Libya: More deaths off the coast of Libya
Tripoli, Aug 27, 2019 – The bodies of five migrants including a Moroccan child were recovered off Libya’s coast Tuesday while up to 20 others were missing after a Europe-bound boat sank, the navy said. Navy spokesman Ayoub Kacem told reporters 65 migrants,...
Sahel: Chad jails alleged rebels
N’Djamena, Aug 27, 2019 – Chad has handed down jail terms to 243 rebels who crossed into the country from Libya in February before their incursion was halted by French air strikes, the government said Tuesday. Out of “267 people who were arrested, 12...
Tunisia: Despite his arrest, Nabil Karoui remains presidential candidate
Media magnate Nabil Karoui remains in the race for Tunisia’s upcoming presidential election despite his arrest for alleged money laundering, the head of the country’s electoral commission said Saturday. Karoui, one of 26 presidential candidates given...
Algeria: No-backing down, Algerians maintain pressure on government, insist on regime change
Algiers, Aug 23, 2019 – Algerians on Friday were back on the streets demanding an overhaul of the political system as the country’s protest movement entered a seventh month with no let-up in sight. Crowds of demonstrators who thronged the capital and key...
Sahel: Explosive situation in Chad
By deploying troops and sealing borders to try to quell ethnic clashes in eastern Chad, President Idriss Deby risks worsening tensions and economic fallout in a region that is already trigger-sensitive, analysts say. Deby on Monday announced the deployment of 5,000...
Algeria: Another corrupt former Justice Minister arrested for alleged criminal activity
Algeria’s former justice minister Tayeb Louh was Thursday placed in preventative detention on allegations of abuse of power, state media reported. Louh is the latest in a string of prominent politicians and businessmen to be questioned or detained over alleged...
Tunisia: Islamist media and a candidate TV banned from covering election campaign
Tunis, Aug 23, 2019 – Tunisian electoral and media authorities have banned three local outlets from covering the presidential election campaign, including a channel founded by key candidate Nabil Karoui. The ban targets media mogul Karoui’s Nessma TV,...
Tunisia: PM Chahed focuses on presidential election campaigning
Tunis, Aug 22, 2019 – Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed on Thursday said he was delegating his powers in order to devote himself to the September presidential election which he hopes to win. “I have decided to delegate the powers of the head of...
Algeria: Regime ignores calls for smooth political transition, insists on its own unpopular roadmap
In a message published this week by the state news agency APS, Interim head of state Abdelkader Bensalah repeated the same arguments put forward by army chief General Gaid Salah on the urgency of holding presidential elections, “whatever the cost and as quickly as...
Sahel: 150 children killed in Mali violence in six months
Bamako, Aug 13, 2019 – UN child protection body UNICEF warned on Tuesday children in Mali faced rising violence with more than 150 killed in the first half of the year in jihadist and ethnic attacks. “More than 150 children were killed in the first half of...
Sahel: Red Cross suspends operations in Timbuktu, Mali, as violence escalates
Aug 6, 2019 – Twin attacks in Mali have killed four people, including two Malian soldiers, security sources said Tuesday, as the International Committee of the Red Cross suspended activities in Timbuktu due to “growing insecurity”. A gendarme was...
Egypt: Carnage in Cairo after blast killed 20 people
Cairo, Aug 5, 2019 – A huge blast which killed 20 people in Cairo was caused by a speeding car packed with explosives, Egyptian officials said Monday as witnesses described carnage. The car was driving against the traffic when it smashed into three other...
Libya: Warlord Khalifa Hartar pursues attacks on Misrata as death toll in Tripoli reaches 1,100
Tripoli, Aug 6, 2019 – Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar said they launched air strikes early Tuesday against an airbase in third city Misrata held by government loyalists. “Our air force carried out several raids against the Misrata airbase,...
Algeria: court issues arrest warrant on Khaled Nezzar, ex-General accused of alleged mass killings in the 1990s
Algiers, Aug 6, 2019 – An Algerian court has issued an arrest warrant against a former defence minister and army chief, along with his son, for alleged “conspiracy”, state television reported Tuesday. The warrant against Khaled Nezzar follows a...
Tunisia braces for snap presidential election
Tunis, Aug 2, 2019 – Presidential hopefuls in Tunisia began registering their candidacies on Friday for snap September polls called after the death of 92-year-old leader Beji Caid Essebsi. Eight would-be candidates, including media magnate Nabil Karoui,...