Sahel: Jihadists strike in Niger’s Tillaberi regionF

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Return to authoritarianism fuels anger in the Arab worldF

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Algeria to halt gas exports to Spain via MoroccoF

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Turkey: Turkish lira hits record low against dollarF

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...

Mozambique: Regional troops to stay in Mozambique indefinitelyF

Southern African troops have driven jihadists out of northern Mozambique but will stay in the country indefinitely to ensure the situation remains under control, a regional bloc said Thursday.  “Terrorism is still a major threat in Mozambique,” said Mpho...

Inside West Africa’s drug tradeF

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Sahel: Niger opens first military school in NiameyF

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Nigerian actor arrested for alleged support to IPOB separatist groupF

Nigerian troops have arrested a well-known Nollywood actor for allegedly inciting support for a banned separatist movement in the country’s restive southeast, the army said. Chiwetalu Agu, a veteran star in scores of movies for Nigeria’s film industry, was...

Egypt: Looming environment disaster in the Red SeaF

By Bassem Aboualabass: Standing on a boat bobbing gently in the Red Sea, Egyptian diving instructor Mohamed Abdelaziz looks on as tourists snorkel amid the brilliantly coloured corals, a natural wonder now under threat from climate change. “If they disappear,...

Tunisia cracks down on Islamist mediaF

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