Morocco: 3,000 Spaniards stranded in Morocco after Rabat banned flight from Spain
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Algeria: Guards and one inmate die in freak accident in Bejaia prison
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Critics of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari have launched an outcry after he flew to London for a medical visit, highlighting his frequent trips abroad for treatment and the country’s ramshackle health system. Buhari, 78, has made several trips to London...
Sahel: Chad Strongman Deby prepares to rule for another term
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Egypt: Negotiations over Ethiopian dam project going nowhere
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Sahel: UN says French air strike killed civilians in Mali, France rejects findings
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Libya intercepts large number of would-be migrants
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Algeria: Journalist Abdelhakim Setouane gets six months in prison
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Egypt: Eight arrested over train collision in Tahta that killed 18 people
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Egypt: Suez Canal reopens after container ship refloated
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Egypt: Container ship still stuck in Suez Canal
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Egypt: Building collapse in Cairo claims 25 lives
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Algeria: Hirak launches fifth week of anti-regime protest
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Libyan authorities on the hunt for killers of Al Warfalli, arrest suspect
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Islamist militants have seized control of the northern Mozambique town of Palma, near a huge gas project involving French oil major Total and other international energy companies, security sources said on Saturday. In their closest attack to the gas project in the...
Egypt: Russia marketing its Northern Sea route as alternative to Suez Canal
Russia cheekily pushed the Northern Sea Route on Thursday as an “alternative” to Egypt’s Suez Canal after a huge container ship blocked the busy shipping lane. President Vladimir Putin has long promoted the passage along the country’s Siberian...
Sahel: Attacks on Niger targets continue
Eleven people were killed on Wednesday in western Niger, a flashpoint for jihadist attacks, when armed men on motorbikes raided three villages near the Malian border, local officials said. “The assailants arrived on several motorbikes at around 5pm. They killed...
Libya: First group of mercenaries linked to Turkey leaving Libya
Pro-Ankara Syrian militia fighters deployed in Libya have started to withdraw, a French diplomatic source said on Thursday, describing the move as “encouraging”. “This is one of the encouraging gestures that we have seen. There are movements (of the...
Tunisia: Italian garbage still piled up in Tunisia, owners unwilling to remove it
Italy and Tunisia were pressed on Thursday to clear hundreds of containers of waste illegally shipped and stored at a port in the North African county. In the summer of 2020, Tunisian customs officials seized 282 containers that had been shipped from Italy and...
Egypt: Single container ship cripples Suez Canal traffic
By Farid Farid – The owners of a giant container vessel blocking the Suez Canal said Thursday they faced “extreme difficulty” refloating it, as Egypt temporarily closed one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah...
Mali: French military accused of killing six people in raid on Talataye, France denies
Six people were killed in northeastern Mali on Thursday in disputed circumstances, with French forces saying a strike targeted jihadists and local residents alleging those left dead were young hunters. It was the second time in recent months that an air strike had...
Mauritania: Intruder tries to seize plane at Nouakchott airport
An intruder tried to seize a plane at the airport in Mauritania’s capital Nouakchott Thursday before being arrested, a security source said, with the man’s family saying he dreamed of studying in the US. The security source said that the man “sneaked...
Algeria: Journalist Drareni heads back to court after Supreme Court orders retrial
By Abdellah Cheballah with Philippe Agret – Prominent journalist Khaled Drareni, a symbol of the struggle for a free press in Algeria, is to face a retrial after the supreme court accepted his lawyers’ cassation appeal on Thursday. “The supreme court...
Sahel: Niger’s Tahoua region targeted by terror groups, dozens killed in fresh raids
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Tunisia launches first domestically made satellite
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Libya’s media professionals face censorship, intimidation and threats
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Tunisian youth in permanent fear of repression
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Moroccan farmers in Algeria’s Laaroda oasis: Victims of a neglected conflict
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Sahel: Chad ups violence against opposition, less than a month to presidential election
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Tunisia counts its losses from the Jasmine Revolution
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Algeria: Hirak movement strengthens, Algerians confirm disconnect with regime
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Libya: Women making modest progress in politics but glass ceiling still strong
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Sahel: Mass killings continue, another deadly week in Mali and Niger
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Algeria expels Moroccan farmers from its territory, courtesy Western Sahara crisis
NAJ | 19 March 2021: The Algerian authorities have issued an ultimatum to Moroccan farmers working of the Laaroda Oasis palm grove, located in Beni Ouenif, province of Bechar. The ultimatum was to leave the region by 18 March. AFP reported that the withdrawal happened...
Libya: Authorities find bodies of people in Benghazi likely killed execution style
The bodies of 11 people bearing gunshot wounds were discovered on Thursday in eastern Libya’s Benghazi, said a security source, suggesting they had been “executed”. “Security forces were alerted on Thursday of the presence of 11 unidentified...
Morocco: Jailed publisher Bouachrine announces the closing of newspaper Akhbar al Yaoum
By Redouane Benmehdi – Moroccan newspaper Akhbar al Yaoum shut down its operations after 14 years in business. Its closing, which left its staff and journalists stunned and concerned about their future, was announced on March 14, 2021 by its founder Taoufik...
Business: With a choking tourism industry, Morocco’s craftsmen face daunting outlook
By Redouane Benmehdi – Hundreds of thousands of Moroccan craftsmen are facing a daunting future as the government’s Covid-19 policies have resulted in their isolation and lack of effective financial support. The pandemic has starved the craftsmen from their...