At least 2 Tunisians killed in oil field accident off LibyaF

Saturday, November 6, 2021

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Egypt: Access toll on Suez Canal increases by 6%F

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority said Thursday it will hike transit tolls on the key waterway by six percent, after netting record revenues last tax year even amid the coronavirus pandemic. The new fees will come into place from February 2022, but tourist vessels...

Nigeria: Dozens killed in building collapse in LagosF

Thursday, November 4, 2021

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Sahel: Jihadists strike in Niger’s Tillaberi regionF

Thursday, November 4, 2021

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Return to authoritarianism fuels anger in the Arab worldF

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

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Algeria to halt gas exports to Spain via MoroccoF

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

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Lagos, Nigeria: High-rise building collapses in Lagos, people trappedF

Monday, November 1, 2021

A high-rise building under construction collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos on Monday, burying people inside, construction workers and rescue officials said. Officials could not confirm how many people were trapped, but workers and locals scrambled...

Egypt: Sisi uses Facebook to announce lifting of state of emergencyF

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday announced the lifting of the state of emergency in place since deadly jihadist attacks on Coptic Christian churches more than four years ago. The North African country has been under a state of emergency since April...

Morocco: Public investment to consumer $27 billion next yearF

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Morocco will spend a record 23 billion euros ($27 billion) on public investment in the coming year to right an economy shaken by the coronavirus pandemic, the economy minister announced on Tuesday. The government is planning to “mobilise public investment of 245...
Business: Algeria puts an end to Maghreb pipelineF

Business: Algeria puts an end to Maghreb pipelineF

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Algeria will from now on deliver its natural gas to Spain exclusively through an undersea pipeline, ministers from both countries reportedly said Wednesday, after Algiers abandoned use of a line through Morocco. In August Algeria cut diplomatic ties with its Maghreb...

Sahel: Mali’s environmental crisisF

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Extreme weather events in central Mali are complicating even further the lives of residents of the conflict-ridden region, the head of the ICRC warned this week. Robert Mardini, the director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross, ended a three-day...

Brief: Deadly floods hit TunisiaF

Monday, October 25, 2021

Three people have died in floods in Tunisia after heavy rain storms battered the North African nation, a spokesman for the civil protection agency said on Sunday. In Thala, a town in northwest Tunisia, two people aged 20 and 27 died after their car was washed away by...
Sahel: Mali expels ECOWAS representativeF

Sahel: Mali expels ECOWAS representativeF

Monday, October 25, 2021

Mali’s interim government has expelled the representative of West African bloc ECOWAS from the conflict-ridden and coup-prone country, the government said, over actions incompatible with his status.    “The government of the Republic of Mali has decided to...
Criminality: Drug baron Hambli arrested in Moroccan hospitalF

Criminality: Drug baron Hambli arrested in Moroccan hospitalF

Monday, October 25, 2021

A notorious French drug baron who skipped bail in March this year has been re-arrested in a Morocco hospital where he is being treated for a serious facial wound, security sources told AFP on Monday.  Sofiane Hambli, a 46-year-old Franco-Algerian, used false papers to...

Morocco: Rights activist Maati Monjib to resume hunger strikeF

Friday, October 15, 2021

Moroccan historian and rights activist Maati Monjib said Wednesday he was again going on hunger strike to protest a ban on leaving the country.   “I am starting a hunger strike in protest at being prevented from travelling for medical treatment in France, where...

Algeria: Regime’s war against civil society intensifiesF

Friday, October 15, 2021

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Turkey: Turkish lira hits record low against dollarF

Friday, October 15, 2021

The Turkish lira sank to a record low against the dollar on Thursday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired three central bank members in an overnight decree. The embattled Turkish currency has lost nearly a fifth of its value so far this year as market concerns...