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Tunisia’s Opposition Faces Mounting Legal Pressure
Government actions against opposition figures continue to dominate the political landscape in Tunisia. This week and...
Morocco Busts ‘Lions of the Caliphate’ Terror Cell After Yearlong Probe
The Moroccan security services say the arrested a dozen operatives of an unknown “terrorist group” it named the “Lions...
Health: Shortly after the UN declared polio eradicated in Africa, cases emerge in Chad
Dozens of polio cases have been detected in Chad just months after the UN declared the disease eradicated in Africa,...
Sahel: French forces intensify their operations in the Sahel, report killing Al Qaeda’s Ba Ag Moussa
France announced Friday that its anti-jihadist force in Mali had killed the military commander of an Al-Qaeda-aligned...
Libya: Death toll from recent migrant shipwrecks reaches 100
Italian coastguard rescues migrant boats near Lampedusa Italy's coastguard rescued about 170 migrants on two separate...
Tensions escalate in the Western Sahara: Morocco and Polisario brace for confrontation
Polisario Front declares end of truce The pro-independence Polisario Front declared a three-decade-old ceasefire in...
Sahel: Mali politics sinking to new low with military’s attempt at power grab
A leading opposition group on Wednesday warned of a military stranglehold on Mali's post-coup government and called...
Morocco announces upcoming launch of mystery Covid vaccine
Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Monday endorsed a decision by scientists to launch a nationwide vaccination campaign...
Libyans looking for an end to their conflict. Will foreign meddlers allow them?
The UN launched talks among Libyans on Monday aimed at creating a unity government and preparing for elections to...
Immigration: Interceptions of migrants off the coast of Libya on the rise
A total of 575 migrants have been intercepted off Libya's western coast in just a week, the UN's migration agency said...
Algeria: Government finally recognizes president has Covid
Algeria’s poor communications and PR skills The Algerian authorities have been so bad at communicating the illness of...
Immigration: Concern over immigration in France after Nice attack
Tunisian President Kais Saied spoke with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron Saturday about migration and...
Security: France in Al-Qaeda’s crosshairs
Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb urged its followers Monday to kill anyone insulting the Prophet Mohammed and...
Libya: New meeting in Ghadames to set up the basis of a ceasefire
Rival Libyan military officers arrived Monday for talks held for the first time on home soil following a ceasefire...
Economy: Drought threatens Morocco’s agriculture
Parched fields stretch as far as the eye can see on plains overlooking Agadir in southwestern Morocco, as precious...
Algeria: Failed referendum with another doctored election
Algerians approved a revised version of the North African country's constitution with two thirds of votes cast, the...
Algeria: President Tebboune’s health conditions worsen, prompts evacuation to Germany
In the evening of Wednesday, 28 October, Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune was transferred to Germany for...
While Algeria needs hospitals, schools and cash, its leaders are opening Africa’s biggest mosque
Algeria's Grand Mosque, the world's third-biggest and Africa's largest, will host its first public prayers on...
Algeria: President Tebboune admitted to military hospital, authorities say ‘it’s no big deal’
First reaction by Arezki Daoud: No one goes to a hospital just to isolate The Algerian authorities want us to believe...
Sahel: As expected, France opposes dialogue in the Sahel
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, on a trip to Mali on Monday, ruled out dialogue with jihadists driving an...
More North Africans die at sea in desperate effort to escape misery
At least 11 migrants died on Sunday when their boat floundered off the coast of Libya, the UN's migration agency said,...
Libya: Tenuous ceasefire in Libya as foreign meddlers ponder what to do next
Libya's two warring factions signed a "permanent" ceasefire agreement on Friday after five days of talks at the United...
Algeria: Actresses launch campaign against murder of women in Algeria
Algerian actresses angered by murders and violence targeting women have launched a campaign to fight the phenomenon --...
Dire labor market in Morocco: government chooses mass layoffs to deal with pandemic effects on businesses
Morocco’s labor marker is in disarray. Even if you believe the government’s unreliable statistics, the country is...
Algeria’s opponents of the yes-vote for the new constitution banned from campaigning
(Photo: pro-vote banner in Algiers proclaiming: "we vote for us and our children) - Two weeks after the start of...
Egypt on a killing spree: 49 people executed by the government in 10 days
Egypt executed 49 prisoners in just 10 days in October, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, calling for authorities to...
Another fake election in Egypt
How Sisi and his allies are dragging Egypt into more trouble Egypt, which holds first round legislative elections at...
Egypt: Satirist Shady Abu Zeid freed from prison: Is Sisi feeling the winds of change in Washington?
Editor’s comment by Arezki Daoud: Is Egypt feeling the winds of change in Washington? I am confident that Egyptian...
Sahel: UN chief signals potential for dialogue with insurgents in the Sahel, but Paris won’t allow it
Editor's commentary by Arezki Daoud: France won’t let it happen Perhaps this is another opportunity for the world and...
Egypt: After Trump turned a blind eye to Sisi’s abuses, will US Democrats be as tolerant?
Editor's comments: By Arezki Daoud There is an election taking place in the United States and Egypt's strongman Sisi...
Algeria: After bleeding his country dry, oligarch Ali Haddad faces grim future
Several years ago, the Algerian authorities turned a blind eye to the acquisition of a luxury hotel in Barcelona by...
Prosecutors say ex French Prez Sarkozy was involved in criminal conspiracy, took money from Libya’s Muamar Gaddafi
French prosecutors said Friday that they had slapped criminal conspiracy charges on former president Nicolas Sarkozy...
Libya: Another rogue official arrested in Libya for human trafficking
Libya's UN-recognised government on Wednesday announced the arrest of a former coastguard wanted by Interpol and under...
Algeria: Alleged daughter of Bouteflika and professional crook gets 12 years jail sentence
A prominent Algerian businesswoman, allegedly an illegitimate child of ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, was...
Tunisia: Sharp spike in Covid-19 infections prompts new curfew in Tunisia
Tunisia has reinstated curfews in several regions in recent days in a bid to rein in a sharp spike in novel...
Sahel: Another massacre in Mali, 12 civilian killed in Mopti
Twelve civilians were killed in volatile central Mali on Tuesday morning in addition to 12 soldiers who died in a twin...
Tunisia: Unrest in Sbeitla after police killed a man sleeping in unlicensed kiosk
Tunisia: Presidency fires Governor of Kasserine and Sbeitla Delegate A press release issued by the Tunisian presidency...
Mali: Attack on base in Mopti leaves dozen troops dead
Twelve Malian soldiers were killed in attacks on their base in the volatile centre of the country, the army said...
Tunisia: Worsening economy risks destabilizing Tunisia
Tens of thousands of Tunisians have lost their jobs in a worsening economic crisis exacerbated by efforts to stem...
Libya: Hopes for resolution of Libya crisis as rivals to meet and oil production resumes
Libya's state oil firm gave the green light Sunday for production to resume at a major oil field, as the UN announced...
Turkey-Greece feud reignites with Ankara resuming gas exploration in East Med
Turkey will redeploy the research ship at the centre of an energy row with Greece to the eastern Mediterranean on...
Tunisia: More migrants perish off the coast of Sfax
Nine more bodies have been recovered after a migrant boat sank off Tunisia, raising the death toll to at least 11 with...