Stability tracking firm MEA Risk LLC reports an accelerated deterioration of the security climate in the Sahel. Data...
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Morocco: King Mohammed VI gets France’s support on Western Sahara, pardons some jailed journalists and activists
King Mohammed VI is celebrating 25 years on the throne. The event was celebrated nationwide in Morocco, and in a...
Update: Dozens of Russian Militiamen Killed by Tuareg Rebels in Mali
Our colleagues of Mondafrique have released the following update. With its unmatched connections in the Sahel and West...
Podcast: And Now the Environment is Major Factor of Instability in North Africa
As we reach the end of the third quarter 2023, about to enter the tail-end of the year, it is difficult to see a...
Libya flood: As death toll exceeds 3,300, tens of thousands of people are displaced
Libya's flood disaster, which killed thousands in the city of Derna, also displaced more than 43,000 people, the...
Libya: Incompetent eastern authorities tighten control on media, block communications access
Communications were severed Tuesday to the flood-hit Libyan city of Derna and journalists were asked to leave, a day...
Libya: The utter destruction of Derna
By Abdullah Doma: Rescuers sifted through mud and rubble Friday in their search for people missing from the...
Sahel: Army-Tuareg war reignites in north Mali
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: The military junta in Mali is now confronted with the realities of war. It is battling on...
Podcast: Understanding North Africa’s earthquakes, history and outlook
Understanding North Africa's Quakes, History and What to Expect
Libya: Death toll surges to 2,300 in historical flood
At least 2,300 people were killed in Libya and thousands more were reported missing after catastrophic flash floods...
Libya: Major disaster unfolds, 10K people missing in storm-hit northeast
The death toll from freak floods in eastern Libya is expected to soar dramatically, with 10,000 people reported...
Morocco earthquake: update on search and rescue, the latest on the ground
Testimonies from residents By Kaouthar Oudrhihi with Anne-Sophie Labadie in Amizmiz: Moroccan rescuers supported by...
Morocco: National tragedy hits Morocco with deadly quake
Lahcen sits in the corner of the village dispensary in Moulay Brahim in Morocco's High Atlas mountains. He's...
Morocco: Earthquake kills hundreds of people in Marrakesh
A powerful earthquake that shook Morocco late Friday killed more than 600 people, interior ministry figures showed,...
Moroccan King’s feelings hurt by the toppling of his Gabonese friend ($)
Morocco has hailed its relationship with Gabon as “solid,” and so any political disruption could have adverse...
Niger-France relations sour as pressure groups in Niger demand withdrawal of French troops
Thousands of demonstrators in Niger on Sunday held a third day of rallies calling for former colonial ruler France to...
Niger: Anti-France sentiment spikes in Niger, tense weekend of protests ahead
Niger braced Friday for a weekend of planned anti-French rallies as tensions mount between the country's new military...
Gabon: Another domino in the French sphere falls, Gabon army ousts Ali Bongo
Rebel officers in Gabon announced Wednesday they had seized power following disputed elections in which President Ali...
Sahel: Sanctions imposed against Niger to trigger catastrophic humanitarian crisis
The United Nations warned Tuesday that the political crisis in Niger and the sanctions imposed against the coup regime...
Sahel: Mounting tensions in northern Mali, as army strikes positions of ethnic Tuaregs
Former rebels in northern Mali on Tuesday accused the armed forces of carrying out new strikes on their positions,...
Don’t expect Wagner to abandon Africa after Prigozhin’s announced death
Despite the reported death of the Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, Moscow has every interest in continuing...
Sahel: Political situation in Niger worsens with African Union suspending membership
By Aymeric Vincenot: The African Union said Tuesday that it had suspended Niger's membership in the wake of a military...
Environment: Coastal city of Agadir is hottest place ever in Morocco : 120F or 50.4C
Temperatures in Morocco have for the first time on record topped 50 degrees Celsius (120 Fahrenheit), the North...
Migrations: The deadly sea crossings of North Africa
A rubber dinghy brings back dozens of people from one of six boats the Tunisian coastguard intercepted in a 24-hour...
Niger: ECOWAS walks away from early threat of using force to restore deposed president
West African leaders will make negotiations with the military leaders who have seized control in Niger the "bedrock"...
Nigerian president Tinubu under pressure to avoid war with northern neighbor Niger
By Camille Malpat with Aminu Abubakar in Kano, Nigeria: Political leaders in Nigeria are urging President Bola Tinubu...
Tunisia’s difficult road ahead
By Françoise Kadri: Tunisian President Kais Saied fired his prime minister Najla Bouden without explanation late...
Niger: Coup leaders get popular support amid rising regional tensions
By Boureima Hama with Delphine Touitou: Thousands of people rallied Thursday in Niger's capital in support of the coup...
Tunisia: President fires Prime Minister amid a worsening domestic economy
By Françoise Kadri: Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked Prime Minister Najla Bouden without explanation Tuesday night...
Anti-migrant sentiment in North Africa turns into humanitarian disaster
In the unbearable midday heat, a Libyan patrol near the border with Tunisia comes across a black African man collapsed...
Niger: ECOWAS threatens Niger junta to return power to civilians
African leaders on Sunday gave the junta in Niger one week to cede power or face the possible use of force, and...
Niger: Army General Abdourahamane Tchiani leads Niger’s new ruling junta
By Boureima Hama: Niger's putschists named an army general as the new leader of the unstable jihadist-hit nation on...
Niger in the footsteps of Mali and Burkina, coup in the offing
The Militarization of the Sahel By Boureima Hama: An attempted coup was underway Wednesday in the Sahel state of Niger...
The militarization of the Sahel: Governments run by soldiers ($)
By Arezki Daoud: Military regimes now dominate the governments of the Sahel nations. The countries in the region have...
Migrants: Appalling treatment of migrants by North African governments continues
By Aymen Jamli and Francoise Kadri: The bodies of two migrants have been found in a desert region near Tunisia's...
Sahel: Russia pledges continued support to Mali as UN ends MINUSMA mandate
Russia has renewed its "unstinting support" for Mali after the end of the UN peacekeeping mission in the desert state,...
Sahel: UN Mission to leave Mali, but no timetable set yet
By Amélie Bottlier-Depois: With the imminent end of the UN's Mali peacekeeping mission seemingly no longer in doubt,...
Sahel: Nearly 80 troops and insurgents die in clash in northcentral Burkina Faso
At least 31 Burkinabe soldiers and three allied volunteer militiamen (VDP) have been killed in an attack by suspected...
Migrations: EU on overdrive to get deal with Tunisia to prevent migrations
By Marc Burleigh: EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday are to look at ways to press aid on Tunisia in a bid to...
Libya: Rival governments bicker over oil revenues, threaten to shut down oil operations
The east-based government, which does not recognise the authority of the Government of National Unity based in...
Sahel: Mali’s new constitution paves the way for more instability ahead
Mali’s Problems in Four Minutes Opinion By Arezki Daoud: Yesterday, we reported how the Tuareg community in northern...
Debate: Does Saudi Arabia matter?
Does Saudi Arabia matter? An unscripted discussion between Arezki Daoud and Giorgio Cafiero: Saudi Arabia has been...
Algerians and Moroccans intensify Internet attacks on each other ($)
On November 9, 2021, Algerian radio station Radio M announced that the group of Moroccan hackers "MoroccoHack Team"...