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...
Thursday, January 17, 2019
January 17, 2019: A public sector strike brought Tunisia to a standstill Thursday as workers heeded calls from a powerful trade union to stay home over demands for wage hikes and economic reforms. Across the country, schools were closed, public offices shuttered and...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Bamako, Jan 16, 2019 – At least 10 people were killed by “terrorists” in northeastern Mali, including members of an armed group and civilians, a government official said on Wednesday. The attack took place around 45 kilometres (27 miles) from Menaka...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Jan 16, 2019 – The forces of Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar on Wednesday announced a military operation to “purge” jihadists and criminal gangs from the south of the conflict-hit nation. A spokesman for the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
The North Africa Journal with AFP – January 16, 2919: Just as the UN warned against escalating violence in the Libyan capital, there is news of clashes that have already claimed at least five lives. Over the past days, the UN’s Libya mission warned against...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
January 16, 2019 – France on Wednesday threatened to push for more targeted sanctions to be imposed on Mali after hearing a UN official report on worsening violence in the West African country. The Security Council last month put three individuals linked to...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Cairo, Jan 16, 2019 – Egyptian police killed five suspected Islamic militants in North Sinai, where security forces are fighting an insurgency led by an affiliate of the Islamic State group, the government said Wednesday. The interior ministry said in a...
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Cairo, Jan 15, 2019 (AFP) – An Egyptian court on Tuesday ordered the release of a woman accused of spreading “false statements” by telling the BBC her daughter had been forcibly disappeared. Mona Mahmud Mohammad has been in custody since March 2018...
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Tunis, Jan 12, 2019 (AFP) – A Tunisian court has sentenced 41 jihadists to death over an attack that killed 15 soldiers on the border with Algeria in 2014, prosecutors said Saturday. The sentences for the men, only two of whom are currently in custody, were...
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
N’Djamena, Jan 13, 2019 – Fighting between Chadian and Sudanese rebels at a remote goldmine in northern Chad has left dozens dead, local and rebel sources said Sunday. The fighting pitting Chadian rebels against a Sudanese group close to the...
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Tripoli, Jan 14, 2019 – Libya’s internationally recognised government said Monday it will boycott an Arab economic summit in Lebanon this weekend after supporters of a Shiite movement in the country attacked its flag. “We have been forced to boycott...
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Tunis, Jan 15, 2019 – Anti-corruption campaigners have filed a lawsuit accusing Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi of abuse of power after he pardoned a jailed party official close to his son, a court official said Tuesday. Borhane Bsaies, a communications...
