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Egypt: Efforts at a National Dialogue Undermined by an Unhinged Political Police
Egypt is sending mix signals on its human rights records. Some in Cairo’s political system are trying hard to project...
Tunisia: Harsh Conditions for Migrants in North Africa as they Seek Path to Italy
Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, has been active seeking the participation of North African nations to stop the...
Libya: Haftar’s troops abandon airbase south of Aljmail
Warlord Khalifa Haftar and his patrons of the United Arab Emirates, France, Russia and many others don't seem to be...
Algerian regime makes minor gesture toward Hirak, releases two rights activists
Algiers, May 18, 2020 - A leading figure in Algeria's "Hirak" anti-government protest movement has been released from...
Algeria: Kia to suspend car assembly in Algeria
Algiers, May 15, 2020 - South Korean carmaker Kia will shut down its assembly line in Algeria from Sunday due to...
Sahel: Niger sinking into chaos
By Boureima Hama - Amid clucking chickens and bleating sheep, the women of Gadbo, a small village in western Niger,...
Sahel: New Covid-19 infections in Mauritania after easing restrictions
Nouakchott, May 15, 2020 - Mauritania has said that it will reinstate restrictions on mosque prayers, after a recent...
Algeria and Morocco bickering again
Algiers, May 14, 2020 - Algeria said Thursday it had summoned Morocco's ambassador after a video circulating on social...
Tunisia reports no Covid-19 infections in five days
Tunis, May 15, 2020 - Retail shops and supermarkets reopened Friday in Tunisia after the government announced zero...
Algeria: Sonatrach implicated in tainted fuel export to Lebanon
Beirut, May 13, 2020 - A Lebanese prosecutor on Wednesday pressed charges against 12 people including government...
Niger: Despite more border surveillance, migration flows to Europe continue
Niamey, May 10, 2020 (By Boureima Hama) - Many Africans are managing to evade coronavirus lockdown barriers in Niger,...
Mali: Unrest in Kayes over police violence, three more civilians killed
[Updated May 13, 2020]: Protesters torched an administrative building in the central Malian city of Kayes on...
Tunisia: Encouraging signs in fight against Covid-19 in Tunisia
Tunis, May 11, 2020 - Tunisia on Monday urged continued vigilance against the novel coronavirus, a day after recording...
Libya: More civilians, including child, killed in Tripoli by militias of warlord Haftar
Libya's Government of National Accord said at least four civilians, including a child, were killed when rockets rained...
Sahel: Bandits on motorbikes sow terror in Niger’s Tillaberi region
Bandits riding motorbikes killed 20 villagers in a string of attacks in Niger's western region of Tillaberi, the...
Egypt: Despite collapsing economy, a pandemic, and dismal human rights records, Egypt to get attack helicopters
The United States has approved a $2.3 billion deal on attack helicopters for Egypt, but an official insisted Friday...
Algeria: Regime launches frontal assault on pro-democracy movement
By Philippe Agret - The Algerian regime is exploiting coronavirus to defeat a protest movement that has shaken it to...
Sahel: Terror groups in Sahel exploit Covid-19 to step up attacks
United Nations, United States, May 8, 2020 - UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres has warned that jihadist groups in...
Egypt military regime ratchets up repressive measures against population
Cairo, May 8, 2020 - President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ratified a host of amendments to Egypt's emergency law which...
Morocco: RSF said TV crew attacked by police near Rabat
Rabat, Marocco, May 8, 2020 - Moroccan authorities said Friday they would investigate a case of an attack on...
Egypt: Sisi regime extends pre-trial detentions
Beirut, May 7, 2020 - Amnesty International lambasted Egypt on Thursday for extending the pre-trial detention of over...
Sahel: Africom says it lost drone in Niger due to technical failure
Niamey, May 7, 2020 - The US military in Niger said Thursday they had lost a second drone in two months, both through...
Sahel/Covid-19: Mauritania reopens for business
Nouakchott, May 7, 2020 - The West African desert state of Mauritania has scaled back two-month-old restrictions aimed...
Libya: EU begins Operation IRINI to enforce Libya arms embargo
Rome, May 7, 2020 - The European Union has launched a delayed naval mission to enforce an arms embargo on Libya, the...
Economy: Nigeria’s collapsing revenues
Abuja, May 5, 2020 - Oil-rich Nigeria is losing more than 80 percent of its revenue due to plummeting oil prices and...
Algeria announces deeper spending cuts but says minimum wage up a bit
The Algerian government decided Sunday to reduce the state budget by half due to a financial crisis caused by the...
Sahel: Niger labor minister succumbs from Covid-19
Niamey, May 4, 2020 - The novel coronavirus caused the death of Niger's minister of employment and labour, Mohamed Ben...
Nigeria: Lagos ends lockdown despite expanding virus
Lagos, May 4, 2020 - Africa's biggest city, Lagos, got back to work on Monday at the end of a five-week coronavirus...
Sahel: Boko Haram attacks Diffa in Niger
Niamey, May 5, 2020 - Boko Haram fighters clashed with government forces on Sunday in Diffa, the largest city in...
Algerian authorities under international pressure to stop harassing journalists ($)
April 30, 2020 - Several rights groups including Amnesty International urged Algerian authorities Thursday to free...
Egypt: Insurgents strike in north Sinai, kill 10 Egyptian troops
Cairo, April 30, 2020 - Egypt's army said on Thursday that 10 soldiers were either killed or wounded in a blast...
WHO advises MENA region against loosening confinement measures
Cairo, April 28, 2020 - The World Health Organization warned Tuesday of the impact coronavirus could have in Middle...
Egypt: Al-Sisi orders three-month renewal of state of emergency
Cairo, April 28, 2020 - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday ordered the renewal for three months of a...
Libya: Warlord Haftar claims to have popular mandate to rule
Tripoli, April 28, 2020 - Libya's UN-recognised government Tuesday accused rival military strongman Khalifa Haftar of...
Week-in-review podcast: Lockdowns, curfews and government abuse
This is a retrospect on North Africa and the Sahel region, for the week ending 24 April. The review, which focuses on...
Sahel: Gunmen attack villages in Mali’s Mopti region, kill dozen civilians
Bamako, April 23, 2020 - At least twelve people have been killed in an attack on several villages in central Mali, a...
Egypt: Ramadan under curfew
Cairo, April 23, 2020 - Egypt extended on Thursday a night-time curfew in place to combat the coronavirus pandemic...
Morocco: Covid-19 infections spread in Ouarzazate prison
Rabat, April 23, 2020 - More than 130 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in a southern Morocco prison on...
Libya: Stuck between a never ending war and a lockdown
Tripoli, April 19, 2020 (By Rim Taher) - Already tired of the tribulations of war, Libyans in the capital Tripoli are...
Tunisia: How Tunisian hospitals are coping with Covid-19
Tunis, April 22, 2020 - After a month of lockdown, Tunisian hospitals have not so far suffered the overcrowding some...
The Algerian regime’s weapon against pro-democracy activists: pre-trial detentions
Algiers, April 23, 2020 -By Amal Belalloufi: Dozens of Algerians linked to the country's anti-government protest...
Sahel: Niger faces escalating riots in coming days
Niamey, April 22, 2020 (By Boureima Hama) - With the holy Muslim month of Ramadan set to start this weekend,...