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Niger: Coup leaders get popular support amid rising regional tensionsF

By Boureima Hama with Delphine Touitou: Thousands of people rallied Thursday in Niger's capital in support of the coup that toppled the democratically elected government, as security concerns mounted among Western nations. Demonstrators in the heart of Niamey, some...

Tunisia: President fires Prime Minister amid a worsening domestic economyF

By Françoise Kadri: Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked Prime Minister Najla Bouden without explanation Tuesday night and replaced her with former central bank executive Ahmed Hachani, whom he tasked with overcoming the "colossal challenges" facing the cash-strapped...

Anti-migrant sentiment in North Africa turns into humanitarian disasterF

In the unbearable midday heat, a Libyan patrol near the border with Tunisia comes across a black African man collapsed on the reddish-brown desert sand. He is barely breathing, and officers try to revive him, gently, with a few drops of water on his lips. The man is...

Niger: ECOWAS threatens Niger junta to return power to civiliansF

African leaders on Sunday gave the junta in Niger one week to cede power or face the possible use of force, and slapped financial sanctions on the putschists, after the latest coup in the jihadist-plagued Sahel region raised alarm on the continent and in the West. In...

Sahel: Burkina Faso ratchets up war effort with new army units and taxes for voluntary militiaF

Sahel: Burkina Faso ratchets up war effort with new army units and taxes for voluntary militiaF

Jan 8, 2024

The North Africa Journal - The new year began in earnest in Burkina Faso, with fresh efforts from the government to...

Franco-Moroccan relations likely to remain strained as ties between Paris and Algiers strengthenF

Franco-Moroccan relations likely to remain strained as ties between Paris and Algiers strengthenF

Jan 3, 2024

There has been noticeable strain in relations between France and Morocco, with the ties between the two being once...

Six more years: Egypt’s al-Sisi gets “reelected” with “nearly 90%” of the vote as the economy faces freefallF

Six more years: Egypt’s al-Sisi gets “reelected” with “nearly 90%” of the vote as the economy faces freefallF

Dec 18, 2023

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has won a third term with 89.6 percent of the vote in the Arab world's most...

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