Tuesday, December 27, 2022
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Sunday, December 25, 2022
A Moroccan rights group on Saturday slammed “unjust” punishments given to migrants sentenced over a mass attempted crossing into the Spanish enclave of Melilla that left at least 23 dead. Around 2,000 people, many of them Sudanese, stormed the frontier on...
Sunday, December 25, 2022
At least 27 people were injured on Saturday when part of a sports stadium south of Cairo collapsed during a basketball match, Egypt’s health ministry said. Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said “27 people were injured, some with fractures and...
Sunday, December 25, 2022
A Tunisian rights group condemned Sunday a “repressive and inhumane” government decision to deport a group of migrants who had been evacuated from a defunct refugee camp. The 25 men from Egypt, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan had sought asylum in Tunisia after...
Friday, December 23, 2022
Almost all armed groups in Mali that signed a major peace deal in 2015 suspended their participation in the agreement on Thursday, decrying the ruling junta’s “lack of political will” to uphold it. The Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) —...
Friday, December 23, 2022
The chairman of Egypt’s Suez Canal on Thursday affirmed the waterway is “not for sale”, in a bid to allay fears over a draft law under discussion in parliament. On Tuesday the legislature approved in principle a bill proposed by the government...
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
A powerful Tunisian trade union called Wednesday for a road map to “save” the country from a slide back to autocracy, after voters largely shunned last week’s legislative elections. Just 11.2 percent of voters cast ballots Saturday for a new...
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
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Wednesday, December 21, 2022
The Gambia’s government on Wednesday said it had thwarted a coup attempt the previous day and arrested four soldiers. “The situation is under total control,” it added. There was no immediate confirmation of the purported plot from other sources....
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
The United States plans a meeting early in 2023 between Israel and Arab nations that recognize it as it pushes the incoming right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu to show restraint, a US official said Tuesday. Netanyahu is set to take office with the most...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
A worker with the French-based medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) has been kidnapped in jihadist-torn northern Mali, police and a local official said on Tuesday. The individual was seized by armed men early Monday in Gao, the region’s biggest town, a...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Tunisian police have arrested former prime minister Ali Laarayedh, his Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party said Tuesday, accusing authorities of trying to divert attention from calls for President Kais Saied to quit. The arrest of the Ennahdha number two comes just days...
Monday, December 19, 2022
Amnesty International accused Monday an eastern Libyan armed group of committing war crimes and serious abuses to impose the rule of its leader’s father, military strongman Khalifa Haftar. The elite force led by Saddam Haftar is aimed at “crushing any...
Monday, December 19, 2022
A Libyan court on Monday sentenced 17 people to death after finding them guilty of joining the Islamic State group and carrying out atrocities in its name, the prosecution said. The Tripoli court also sentenced two people to life in prison and 14 others to lesser jail...
Sunday, December 18, 2022
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Sunday, December 18, 2022
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Sunday, December 18, 2022
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Sunday, December 18, 2022
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Sunday, December 18, 2022
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Sunday, December 18, 2022
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Sunday, December 18, 2022
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Saturday, December 10, 2022
COMMENTARY By Arezki Daoud: Morocco has achieved a miracle. Its victory over Portugal to reach the semifinals of World Cup 2022 is not just about excellent sportsmanship. It is not just about flawless execution with flawless statistical data. That would be too...
Thursday, December 8, 2022
By Valentin Bontemps: Six months after Algeria cut ties with Spain following a spat over disputed Western Sahara, trade between the two countries remains paralysed, much to the dismay of the worst-hit companies. With sales blocked, investment frozen and projects at a...
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Spanish police were still searching for 12 passengers who fled their plane Wednesday after an emergency landing at Barcelona airport following what may have been a fake medical incident, officials said. They were part of a group of 28 people on a Pegasus Airlines...
Monday, December 5, 2022
By Ismail Bellaouali: A global fertiliser supply shock deepened by Russia’s Ukraine invasion has brought boom times for the North African phosphate superpower Morocco and earned the kingdom new diplomatic capital. Rabat is using the leverage especially in the...
Monday, December 5, 2022
By Françoise Kadri: Germany is becoming a key destination for disillusioned young Tunisians despite a language barrier and the North African nation’s long history of ties with France. Europe’s biggest economy, with its low birth rate, is crying out for...
Monday, December 5, 2022
By Serge Daniel and Emmanuel Anule: West African leaders agreed on Sunday to create a regional force to intervene against jihadism and in the event of coups, a senior official said. Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States had decided to act to...
Monday, December 5, 2022
Six civilians, four of them teachers, were killed in a suspected jihadist attack in southern Burkina Faso close to the border with Ghana, security officials and local sources said on Monday. Gunmen “opened fire on a group” in the town of Bittou on Sunday,...
Monday, December 5, 2022
By Ali Abba Kaya A Chadian court has handed jail terms of between two and three years to 262 people who were arrested after deadly protests in October, the public prosecutor said on Monday. A total of 401 people had been put on trial in Koro Toro prison, a...
Monday, December 5, 2022
Protesters turned out in force to march in Morocco’s capital Rabat Sunday to denounce the “high cost of living and repression”, amid surging inflation and rising social discontent. “The people want lower prices… The people want to...
Monday, December 5, 2022
In a rare public show of protest in Egypt, “thousands of lawyers” staged a demonstration at their union in central Cairo Monday, prominent lawyer Tarek al-Awady said. After a smaller protest was held Thursday, lawyers assembled again in droves Monday to...
Friday, December 2, 2022
Mali’s communications authority said Thursday it had lifted the suspension of one of the Sahel country’s main news channels, taken off the air a month ago over criticism of the junta. The channel had on October 13 been put on notice over a September 30...
Thursday, December 1, 2022
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Thursday, December 1, 2022
A French judge on Wednesday allowed European aerospace firm Airbus to pay 15.9 million euros ($16.4 million) to avoid a corruption probe into aircraft deals in Libya and Kazakhstan between 2006 and 2011. Prosecutors from France’s national financial crime unit...
Thursday, December 1, 2022
UNESCO on Thursday added Tunisia’s spicy national condiment Harissa to its list of intangible cultural heritage, saying it was part of the North African country’s identity. The United Nations’ cultural agency is meeting in Morocco to examine...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
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Monday, November 28, 2022
Arezki Daoud of MEA Risk and The North Africa Journal visited Tunisia this November and is bringing better understanding on the challenges facing the Tunisians in their day-to-day living. Listen to the audio podcast version: Download the MP3 file here...
Monday, November 28, 2022
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Monday, November 28, 2022
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Monday, November 28, 2022
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