Wednesday, January 30, 2019
The president of the Constitutional Council of Algeria, Mourad Medelci, 76, died early on 28 January after battling illness. As head of the Constitutional Council, which monitors and supervises presidential elections, Medelci had a central role in ensuring smooth...
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Tunis, Jan 30, 2019 – Election fever is sweeping Tunisia well ahead of parliamentary and presidential polls set for late 2019. President Beji Caid Essebsi has accused Prime Minister Youssef Chahed of seeking power through a secret deal with an Islamist party....
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Tunis, Jan 29, 2019 – Tunisia’s president on Tuesday accused the prime minister of seeking power through a secret deal with an Islamist party, the latest sign of tension at the top ahead of elections. Prime Minister Youssef Chahed had gained the backing of...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Opinion by Arezki Daoud – January 29, 2019: There could be as many as 15 million stray dogs roaming the streets of Egypt, and in the past four years, no less than 231 people died from rabies. Egypt does not believe in decentralized governance, which means the...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Niamey, Jan 29, 2019 – Boko Haram militants have shot dead at least four people in a town in Niger near the border with Nigeria, a local official said Tuesday. Three other people were wounded in the attack on Monday night in Bosso, a town near the Lake Chad...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Algiers, Jan 26, 2019 (AFP) – Algeria’s main Islamist party, the Movement for the Society of Peace, said Saturday it has decided to take part in April’s presidential election. During the night of Friday to Saturday “the consultative council...
Monday, January 28, 2019
Jendouba, Tunisia, Jan 25, 2019 – Tunisian divorcee Latifa counts herself lucky — she has a modest home that boasts a neat vegetable garden, a fig tree, and a pomegranate tree, along with a panoramic view of neighboring farmland. “Without this land...
Monday, January 28, 2019
Season 1, Episode 2 Tunisia 2019 Election Preview Tunisia, despite its troubles, is an exciting place. A lot is happening there, somethings are good, others need adjustments. The country is headed to the poll at the end of this year, in a new test to check if Tunisia...
Monday, January 28, 2019
Season 1, Episode 3 Algeria 2019 Election Preview Algeria’s secretive politics makes very hard to predict what’s next. But what is certain is that its constitution remains work in progress, considering that there is no definite rule on what to do when a...
Monday, January 28, 2019
Season 1, Episode 4 Nigeria 2019 Election Preview Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country. With a nearly $401 billion economy in 2017, Nigeria surpasses all African countries and is a substantial metric on how Africa is generally doing economically and...
Monday, January 28, 2019
Season 1, Episode 5 Mozambique 2019 Election Preview Over the past two years, Mozambicans have been negotiating peace and on how to implement democracy in a country that has long been dominated by a single party. The Frelimo party-dominated government appears to have...
Monday, January 28, 2019
Ouagadougou, Jan 28, 2019 – At least four Burkinabe soldiers were killed Monday when gunmen raided a military base in the north, security sources said, a day after 10 people died in a separate attack in the same region. The pre-dawn attack saw heavily-armed...
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Al-Gawalesh, Libya, Jan 27, 2019 – “Our town has been looted, homes wrecked and olive trees torched,” Moftah Mohammed said in dismay on returning home to Al-Gawalesh in western Libya after years wandering from place to place. Al-Gawalesh, perched on...
Saturday, January 26, 2019
Bamako, Jan 25, 2019 – Two UN peacekeepers from Sri Lanka died and six wounded in central Mali Friday when their vehicle hit a mine, the UN mission in Mali (MINUSMA) announced. “This morning… a vehicle in a MINUSMA logistics convoy hit a mine near...
Saturday, January 26, 2019
The North Africa Journal – 26 January 2019: A cold snap and floods killed two in Tunisia and two others in Algeria. Affected regions include Tunisia’s Kef, Jendouba, Siliana and Kasserine, and Algeria’s Annaba, El Tarf, Tizi Ouzou and Tipaza. Details...
Friday, January 25, 2019
Rabat, Jan 25, 2019 (AFP) – Chafik Lafrid’s life has become a nightmare since footage of his arrest in Marrakesh on New Year’s Eve, wearing a dress and a wig, went viral on social media. Homosexuality is illegal in Morocco, and the 33-year-old, who...
Friday, January 25, 2019
The North Africa Journal – 28 January 2019: Algerian courts have ordered the release of two journalists who were obviously arrested for the wrong reasons. Adlene Mellah was arrested on 9 December for taking part to a rally in support of a jailed singer. Mellah...
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Algiers, Jan 24, 2019 (AFP) – An Algerian television producer died from severe burns Thursday more than two weeks after setting himself on fire over unpaid wages, his son told AFP. Youcef Goucem, 61, doused himself in flammable liquid and lit it in the offices...
Thursday, January 24, 2019
The North Africa Journal – January 24, 2019: President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has convened the electoral committee last week, hence ruling out the postponement of the presidential election of 18 April 2019. Members of the opposition had tried to push a...
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Algerian military officer (1940–2019) Ahmed Gaid Salah (: أحمد قايد صالح; 13 January 1940 – 23 December 2019) was an Algerian military officer and chief of staff of the from 2004 to 2019. In 2004, he was appointed by then-President to the position of of the army. On...
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Algerian politician (born 1944) Ali Benflis (: على بن فليس; born 8 September 1944) is an Algerian politician who was from 2000 to 2004. In 2003, he became the general secretary of the party. Benflis was a candidate in the 2004 presidential election, but the poll...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Bamako, Jan 22, 2019 (AFP) – A former officer with Slovak intelligence service SIS has been abducted from his home in the Malian capital Bamako, his Malian lawyer and supporters told AFP on Tuesday. “Lubos Kosik, my Slovak-nationality client, an ex-officer...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
The North Africa Journal: Threat and security assessment and tracking company MEA Risk LLC said the Algerian authorities continue to tally the weapons they have confiscated from the general public. Although illegal, many of what is confiscated are hunting rifles and...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Tunis, Jan 23, 2019 – Tunisia’s powerful UGTT trade union confederation, locked in a dispute with the government over economic reforms, has said it is open to compromise ahead of February strikes — “but not at any price”. Secretary...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Tripoli, Jan 22, 2019 – Two migrants have died and nearly 500 have been rescued in the past three days off the coast of Libya during perilous attempts to cross the Mediterranean to towards Europe, the Libyan navy said Tuesday. Spokesman General Ayoub Kacem told...
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Tripoli, Jan 21, 2019 – Rival Libyan militias agreed to a new ceasefire Monday aimed at halting nearly a week of deadly clashes south of the capital Tripoli, officials said. Fighting has pitched armed groups from the capital against the Seventh Brigade, a...
Monday, January 21, 2019
Commentary by Arezki Daoud: The United Nations and its envoy, Mr. Ghassan Salame have an interesting take on peacemaking and country building. They have been sponsoring conference after conference, none of which produced any positive outcome. And they are it again....
Monday, January 21, 2019
Country in West Africa Burkina Faso is a in . It is bordered by to the northwest, to the northeast, to the southeast, and to the south, and to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,878 sq mi). In 2024, the country had an estimated population of...
Monday, January 21, 2019
Montreal, Jan 19, 2019 (AFP) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday that a Canadian woman reported missing along with her Italian partner in Burkina Faso [country profile here] is believed to be alive. “To the best of my knowledge, yes,” Trudeau...
Monday, January 21, 2019
Tripoli, Jan 19, 2019 (AFP) – A Libyan photographer who worked for Associated Press news agency was killed Saturday south of Libya’s capital Tripoli where he was covering militia clashes, a medical source and family said. Mohamed Ben Khalifa was killed by...
Monday, January 21, 2019
Algiers, Jan 19, 2019 – A retired Algerian general on Saturday became the first candidate to announce a run for president in April elections, as ailing incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s intentions remain unknown. Ali Ghediri, a former defence ministry...
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Jan 19, 2019 – Scores of migrants were feared missing off the Libyan coast, the IOM said Saturday after the Italian navy flew three survivors to the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa. The International Organization for Migration said the three, who were...
Sunday, January 20, 2019
[email_link] Bamako, Jan 20, 2019 (AFP) – Jihadist gunmen killed 10 Chadian peacekeepers and injured at least 25 others in an attack on a UN camp in northern Mali on Sunday, one of the deadliest strikes against the UN mission in the West African country....
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Editor note: Death toll updated to ten peacekeepers and 25 injured Sunday, per the UN as reported by AFP. Bamako, Jan 20, 2019 (AFP) – Gunmen killed at least eight Chadian UN peacekeepers in an attack Sunday on one of their bases in northern Mali, multiple...
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Editor’s note- By Arezki Daoud: Egypt is going through a tumultuous period, not just because of the terror attacks that have plagued the country since the coup against elected President Morsi, but also because ultra-conservatives and nationalists have taken...
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Ouagadougou, Jan 19, 2019 (AFP) – Five people have been killed in Burkina Faso in a clash between police and angry youths who went on the rampage at a police station after a young man was shot dead, the security ministry said Saturday. A crowd of about 100...
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Ouagadougou, Jan 19, 2019 (AFP) – Burkina Faso’s government and Prime Minister Paul Kaba Thieba stood down on Friday, according to a statement released by the country’s president. No explanation was given for the resignations, though sources told AFP...
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Season 1, Episode 1 Libya, 2019 Preview When you think that the destabilization of Libya reached its peak, new development on the ground sinks the country even deeper. The year 2018 was devastating for the Libyan people, and 2019 does not promise any improvement. ...
Friday, January 18, 2019
Tripoli, Jan 17, 2019 (AFP) – Two days of clashes between rival militias near Libya’s capital Tripoli have left 10 people dead and 41 wounded, the health ministry said Thursday. Fighting between armed groups erupted Wednesday despite a truce deal four...
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Ouagadougou, Jan 17, 2019 (AFP) – A Canadian geologist kidnapped at a remote gold mine in northeast Burkina Faso by suspected jihadists has been found dead, the ministry of security told AFP on Thursday. A body found with gunshot wounds late Wednesday is that of...
