By MondAfrique: Mali is in the grip of an unprecedented fuel crisis—a crisis now spilling into Senegal. The vital...
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West Africa’s New Rulers Use the Same Same Old Playbook of Their Predecessors
Cameroon’s election aftermath is fueling more street violence, Côte d’Ivoire’s political prospects remain stuck in...
Libya: NOC Expands Exploration as Libya Targets 1.6 Million Barrels by 2026
Libya is pressing ahead with a broad-based energy revival that combines renewed foreign exploration, fresh domestic...
Tunisian court orders detention of leading Islamist opposition figure Ghannouchi
Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has been remanded in custody following his arrest earlier this week, his...
Podcast: South Africa today: achievements and challenges
In this podcast, Arezki Daoud of MEA Risk and of The North Africa Journal, reports on his thoughts on South Africa,...
Sudan: As military-men fight over power, Khartoum falls into chaos
Thousands of residents on Wednesday fled Sudan's capital, where witnesses said bodies lay in the street from fighting...
Sahel: Despite closing its borders, Chad sees hundreds of Sudanese soldiers flee into its territory
Around 320 Sudanese soldiers have fled the fighting raging in their country to neighbouring Chad, the country's...
Libyan authorities are cracking down on civil society groups
Libyan authorities have imposed "severe restrictions" on local and international civil society groups, obstructing...
Tunisia arrests opposition leader Ghannouchi, shuts offices of Ennahdha party
Tunisian authorities closed the offices of Islamist-inspired opposition party Ennahdha on Tuesday, a day after...
Tunisia: Football star Nizar Issaoui sets himself alight to protest police brutality
A professional footballer in Tunisia has died after setting himself alight earlier this week in what he called a...
Burkina Faso accuses French state media of “acting as communications agency” for Al-Qaeda
The military junta in Burkina Faso on Monday suspended all broadcasts by the France 24 news channel in the west...
Tunisia wants more help from Europe, despite worrying policies of President Saied
Tunisia on Monday called for "constructive discourse" from the European Union after a string of leaders warned the...
Egypt: Generosity brings people together in Egypt amid Ramadan’s soaring food prices
By Bahira Amin: In a time of dire economic trouble, Egyptians are holding fast to the Ramadan tradition of charity,...
Morocco’s conundrum: deepening alliance with Israel’s ultra-nationalist government vs. supporting the Palestinian cause,
By Philippe Agret: Morocco is struggling to balance its alliance with Israel with support for the domestically popular...
Sahel: Clashes between Niger army and Boko Haram continue along border with Nigeria
Niger's army said its troops had killed around 20 jihadists and arrested 83 others in an operation against militants...
Sahel: Death toll in Mali due to insecurity was up 54% in 2022 to nearly 1,300
The number of people killed in Mali continued to increase in 2022, a UN report said Wednesday, also linking more than...
Migrations: Five migrants die off the coast of Tunisia, Algeria disbands smuggling gang
Five migrants from sub-Saharan Africa drowned and another 28 were missing Wednesday after their boat capsized off...
Egypt: After condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Egypt-Russia want to “strengthen relations”
Erratum: A previous title for this article wrongly suggested that an Egyptian delegation traveled to Russia. It should...
More releases of kidnapped persons in Sahel may signal easing of conflict between West and insurgents to focus on Russian threat
Photo: AQIM's Abu Ubaidah Youssef al-Annabi: Arezki's opinion: It may be too early to conclude that there is an...
Niger secures release of kidnapped French journalist Olivier Dubois and American aid worker Jeffery Woodke
By Camille Laffont: A French journalist and a US aid worker who had been kidnapped by jihadists in the Sahel have been...
Sahel’s children are facing extreme dangers, desperately need humanitarian help
By Robin Millard: Ten million children in west Africa's central Sahel region are now in "extreme jeopardy" and...
Africa: Competition between France and Russia over Africa is getting more violent
By Barbara Debou: On a night in early March, arsonists attacked a brewery owned by the French drinks giant Castel in...
Sahel: Secretary Blinken visits Niger as US worries about Russia’s expanding influence in the Sahel
By Shaun Tandon: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Niger on Thursday for a rare visit to a country seen...
Sahel: Niger reports major offensive against Boko Haram near border with Nigeria
Jihadist-hit Niger last week killed about 30 members of the Boko Haram group and detained 960 followers, most of them...
European Union to enact new lobbying measures in the aftermath of Qatargate
The European Parliament is pushing to stop former members from lobbying legislators for six months after leaving...
European elites are learning that they are not beyond the law: Head of ITUC fired in Qatargate case
The general secretary of the international union ITUC has been dismissed from his post over his links to a European...
Tunisia now has a rubber-stamping parliament
Tunisia on Monday inaugurated a new parliament largely stripped of its powers, after a vote that saw a paltry turnout...
Morocco’s stance on Israel-Palestinian conflict creates rift between monarchy and opposition party
Photo: Ex Prime Minister and current head of the PJD party, Abdelilah Benkirane: Morocco's royal court on Monday...
Sahel and North Africa Week-in-Review: Mali and Tunisia remain center stage
Welcome to this week-in-review episode, for the period ending 10 March 2023, where we look at some of the key events...
Libya: Efforts by UN envoy to organize elections face resistance from the Libyans themselves
By Jihad Dorgham: The new UN envoy to Libya had hoped to usher in long-delayed elections, but his initiative is facing...
Tunisia: President dissolves elected municipal councils
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday moved to dissolve the country's elected municipal councils, seen as a key...
Libya: With thousands of migrants held in detention centers, Libya continues to violate human rights
Around 5,000 migrants are being held in official detention centres in Libya and they represent just the tip of the...
Tunisia: World Bank suspends new lending to Tunisia after President Saied issued racist comments
By Paul Raymond: The World Bank has effectively suspended new lending to cash-strapped Tunisia after President Kais...
Mali: Religious leaders reject draft constitution calling for secularism
An influential organisation of religious leaders in Mali on Tuesday called on its followers to reject a new...
Egypt to sell citizenship for money to compensate for bankrupt economy
Egypt announced Wednesday it is offering citizenship to foreign investors willing to spend at least $250,000 in the...
Egypt: Train crash kills four in Qalyub, government to give US$3K compensation for the families of victims
A train crash in Egypt killed four people and injured more than 20, officials said Wednesday about the latest in a...
Sahel: Red Cross workers kidnapped in central Mali
Two workers with the International Committee of the Red Cross were kidnapped in northern Mali on Saturday, the...
Tunisia: Protesters demand release of political prisoners
Hundreds of Tunisians rallied Sunday in defiance of a protest ban, demanding the release of more than 20 prominent...
Egyptian court labels veteran human rights activists “terrorists”, sentences them to 15 years in prison
A special Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced four veteran human rights activists to prison terms up to 15 years for...
Sahel: North and center-east Burkina Faso under curfew amid escalating insurgency
Burkina Faso has put the North and parts of the Centre East region under curfew to aid the fight against jihadists,...
Close advisor to Vladimir Putin, Nikolai Patrushev, in official visit to Algeria
The head of Algeria's army hosted Russia's top security official on Monday to discuss boosting their military ties,...
France to scale back military presence in Africa
By Valerie Leroux: President Emmanuel Macron on Monday announced a "noticeable reduction" of French troop presence in...
Sahel: Burkina Faso to raise troop level to intensify war against insurgents
Burkina Faso announced Thursday a recruitment drive for 5,000 soldiers to serve in the army for at least five years to...





















