Mauritania and Spain ink security deal focused on migration enforcementF

Nouakchott and Madrid have reached a security deal to provide Mauritania with more logistical support to combat informal immigration, the state-run Mauritanian News Agency reported Thursday. Mauritania is a common transit country for undocumented migrants attempting...

Morocco: Two million captagon pills seized in port of TangierF

Moroccan authorities Friday seized more than two million amphetamine-type captagon pills, foiling an “international trafficking attempt” to West Africa, police said. The pills were found at the Tanger Med industrial port complex on the kingdom’s...

Western Sahara: As conflict persists, UN urges new talksF

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Morocco: Gang of human smugglers arrested in NadorF

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Sahel: Deadly year for northern MaliF

Sahel: Deadly year for northern MaliF

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Burkina Faso announces new governmentF

Burkina Faso announces new governmentF

Burkina Faso’s new government on Wednesday declared its top priority would be to secure the nation’s territory, after the latest coup to rock the jihadist-torn Sahel state.Β  “It’s a government on a war footing that has been formed. It’s...
Algeria continues to attack journalists and free speechF

Algeria continues to attack journalists and free speechF

Algerian court hands over death sentence to exiled journalist for publishing β€œfake” and β€œconfidential” information Attacks on journalists in Algeria have reach an alarming level. Earlier this month, a court in the capital Algiers went as far as to hand a death penalty...
Morocco: Protest in Rabat over economic hardshipF

Morocco: Protest in Rabat over economic hardshipF

A trade union close to the main Moroccan Islamist party on Sunday mobilised several hundred supporters in the capital to protest against the high cost of living. The rally, outside parliament and witnessed by AFP journalists, came after several protests already this...

Sahel: 50 civilians killed in anti-junta protests in ChadF

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Tunisian bakers strike over unpaid subsidiesF

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Podcast: Lebanon FallingF

Podcast: Lebanon FallingF

The past months have been particularly horrendous for Lebanon, a country that used to be called the Switzerland of the Arab World. The demise of Lebanon is not only a reflection of a deeply corrupt regime and a divided nation, but it is also synonymous of an Arab...

Tunisia: Bodies of eight migrants found off ZarzisF

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