Monday, May 9, 2022
Summary: The Algerian authorities have begun to process of banning from entering Algeria its nationals who reside abroad and who have been pro-democracy activists. The ban was criticized by rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, calling the...
Thursday, March 17, 2022
A senior US general told Congress Tuesday that the United States will sell Egypt advanced F-15 fighter jets, despite concerns in Washington over Cairo’s human rights record. “In the case of Egypt, I think we have good news, in that we are going to provide...
Thursday, March 17, 2022
By Patrick Markey and Joel Olatunde Agoi From airlines in Nigeria to shoppers in Malawi, Africans are feeling the impact of the Ukraine crisis in wrenching increases in the price of fuel, grain and fertiliser. Global oil prices scaled decade-long highs of more than...
Thursday, March 17, 2022
A record number of irregular migrants under 18 years old reached Italy from Tunisia last year, more than quadrupling in four years, a rights group said Wednesday. Tunisia has become a major conduit for migrants seeking to reach European shores, particularly the...
Thursday, March 17, 2022
By Kaouther Larbi Tunisian President Kais Saied, who last year grabbed power in what critics labelled a coup, has now asked voters for their political views — but days before the online poll closes, fewer than six percent had taken part. Most people in the small...
Thursday, March 17, 2022
By Bassem Aboualabass Soaring bread prices sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have bitten into the purchasing power of consumers in Egypt, a leading importer of wheat from the former Soviet states. For the first time since he took office, President Abdel...
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Suspected jihadists attacked a bus and a truck in southwest Niger, killing 21 people in the troubled Tillaberi region near Burkina Faso, local and security sources said on Thursday. Niger, the world’s poorest country according to the UN’s Human...
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Around 70 migrants are presumed dead after going missing off the Libyan coast since late February, the International Organization for Migration said Thursday. The United Nations agency said 22 migrants had been found dead after boats capsized on February 27 and March...
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Mali’s ruling junta has ordered French broadcasters RFI and France 24 off the air, complaining they had falsely accused the army of committing abuses, it said in a statement issued on Thursday. The government in Bamako “categorically rejects these false...
Monday, March 14, 2022
Libya’s parliament-appointed prime minister said Friday that armed groups backing him had withdrawn from positions around Tripoli, after the UN warned of a new escalation in the divided country. Libya has had rival administrations since the eastern-based...
Monday, March 14, 2022
Forty-five Moroccan teachers have been handed suspended prison sentences for attending unauthorised protests last year over a long-running contract dispute with the education ministry, their lawyer said Friday. The charges related to protests and strikes that have...
Monday, March 14, 2022
Thousands of Tunisian opposition supporters demonstrated Sunday in the capital against President Kais Saied’s power grab and the economic crisis in the North African country. “Poverty has increased”, and “Famine is at our doorsteps”, they...
Monday, March 14, 2022
Chad’s military government and dozens of opposition groups started peace talks on Sunday in Qatar as a first step towards ending a rebellion and holding elections. But after opening speeches, in which the country’s prime minister and the head of the...
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
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Saturday, February 26, 2022
An envoy from West Africa’s regional bloc left Mali on Friday, officials said, after inconclusive talks with the military junta over restoring civilian rule in the fragile Sahel state. Former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, representing the 15-nation...
Saturday, February 26, 2022
Five Western nations urged Libyans on Friday not to drag the National Oil Corporation into political disputes that could threaten the country’s fragile peace. The statement came with the NOC’s chief and the interim oil minister in a standoff. “All...
Saturday, February 26, 2022
By Sarah Benhaida Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could mean less bread on the table in Egypt, Lebanon, Yemen and elsewhere in the Arab world where millions already struggle to survive. The region is heavily dependent on wheat supplies from the two countries which...
Friday, February 25, 2022
More than 1,160 migrants died at sea attempting to reach Europe from North Africa in the first half of 2021, up 155 percent year-on-year, the UN’s migration agency said Thursday. The most deadly passage was across the central Mediterranean, where 769 deaths were...
Friday, February 25, 2022
An Algerian court on Thursday charged rights activist Zaki Hannache of “praising terrorism” and spreading “false news” and remanded him into custody, a rights group said. Hannache, 32, was a prominent figure in the Hirak mass protest movement...
Friday, February 25, 2022
Egypt said Thursday it would look after any Russian and Ukrainian tourists stranded in the country because of flight cancellations stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Tourists from countries where air travel has been disrupted would be able to...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
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Wednesday, February 23, 2022
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Wednesday, February 23, 2022
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Wednesday, February 23, 2022
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Wednesday, February 23, 2022
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Tuesday, February 22, 2022
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Tuesday, February 22, 2022
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Tuesday, February 22, 2022
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Monday, February 21, 2022
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Monday, February 21, 2022
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Monday, February 21, 2022
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Thursday, February 17, 2022
What next for Mali as France plans military pullout? By Amaury Hauchard, with Laurent Lozano in Dakar France’s announcement on Thursday that it will withdraw its military from Mali marks a profound shift in the balance of power in the Sahel. Allied forces from...
