Tunisia: Celebrating one decade of protest and a whole lot more to comeF

Tunisia: Celebrating one decade of protest and a whole lot more to comeF

Thursday, January 14, 2021

By Caroline Nelly Perrrot and Aymen Jamli:  Tunisia, where the Arab Spring started, has also been its relative success story — but celebrations will be muted when it marks on Thursday one decade since protesters ousted its autocratic leader. The revolutionary...
US-Africa: Trump’s disastrous reputation in AfricaF

US-Africa: Trump’s disastrous reputation in AfricaF

Monday, January 11, 2021

As they watched a violent mob smash into the US Capitol, some in Africa could not help but see a little irony in the chaos incited by President Donald Trump, who once famously called African nations “shitholes”. Others across the continent offered...
Libya: Growing pressure on Tripoli-based government over mass gravesF

Libya: Growing pressure on Tripoli-based government over mass gravesF

Thursday, January 7, 2021

Human Rights Watch appealed Thursday to Libya’s internationally recognised government to launch an investigation aimed at identifying hundreds of people reported missing in a western town where mass graves have been unearthed. The United Nations voiced...
Algeria’s foreign intelligence chief firedF

Algeria’s foreign intelligence chief firedF

Thursday, January 7, 2021

The head of Algeria’s foreign intelligence agency General Mohamed Bouzit, known as Youcef was dismissed on Thursday, January 7. Bouzit headed the Directorate of Documentation and External Security (DDSE), an intelligence agency that provided assessment on...
Jailed Algerian pro-democracy activists in hospital amid hunger strikeF

Jailed Algerian pro-democracy activists in hospital amid hunger strikeF

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Three Algerian activists awaiting trial in prison were rushed to hospital Tuesday, 10 days after they began a hunger strike protesting their detention, the CNLD prisoners’ rights group said. Mohamed Tadjadit, Noureddine Khimoud and Abdelhak Ben Rahmani began...
Sahel: Reports of 20 villagers killed in Mali region of BountiF

Sahel: Reports of 20 villagers killed in Mali region of BountiF

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

France said on Tuesday it had killed dozens of jihadists in a weekend air strike in central Mali, while several villagers and a local group said up to 20 wedding guests were killed by a helicopter. Social media has been buzzing with rumours since Sunday about events...
Tunisia wants UN monitors in LibyaF

Tunisia wants UN monitors in LibyaF

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Tunisia, the current president of the UN Security Council, called Monday for a resolution sending international monitors to support Libya’s brittle ceasefire to be adopted as soon as possible. “We hope that it will be adopted as soon as possible”...
Egypt: How Egypt is tormenting jailed journalistsF

Egypt: How Egypt is tormenting jailed journalistsF

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

A freelance Egyptian journalist who worked for pan-Arab news channel Al Jazeera and was arrested on false news and terrorism charges is being denied medication in custody, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. Aamer Abdelmonem is among at least 27 journalists the...
Chad: Deadly communal clashes in SalamatF

Chad: Deadly communal clashes in SalamatF

Monday, January 4, 2021

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Mali: Two more French soldiers killed in IED explosion in MenakaF

Mali: Two more French soldiers killed in IED explosion in MenakaF

Sunday, January 3, 2021

Two French soldiers died when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in northeastern Mali on Saturday, just days after three others were killed in similar fashion.  Their deaths brought to 50 the number of French soldiers killed in the West African nation...
Egypt: Covid-19 deaths due to shortage of oxygen in EgyptF

Egypt: Covid-19 deaths due to shortage of oxygen in EgyptF

Sunday, January 3, 2021

Egypt said Sunday it had opened an investigation into the deaths of four Covid-19 patients in an intensive care unit allegedly due to lack of oxygen, which had sparked a public outcry. “The prosecutor’s office in Al-Husseiniya (in the northern Sharqiya...
Algerian president approves budget with a deficit valued at 14% of GDPF

Algerian president approves budget with a deficit valued at 14% of GDPF

Thursday, December 31, 2020

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday approved a 2021 budget which foresees a deficit of around 14 percent of GDP, the presidency said, as the oil-dependent country grapples with economic woes.  Algeria’s economy has been clobbered by tumbling...
Algeria: Another difficult year ahead, says MEA RiskF

Algeria: Another difficult year ahead, says MEA RiskF

Thursday, December 31, 2020

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Libya: More evidence of Moscow’s meddling in Libya affairs: Russians operatives freed in LibyaF

Libya: The ordeal of Libya’s civil war amputeesF

Thursday, December 31, 2020

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Sahel: Three French troops killed by EID in Hombori, MaliF

Sahel: Three French troops killed by EID in Hombori, MaliF

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Three French soldiers were killed Monday in Mali when their armoured vehicle struck an explosive device in the Hombori region in the centre of the poor Sahel state, the French presidency said. The deaths brought to 47 the number of French soldiers killed in Mali since...