By Arezki Daooud: A lot of military-related events are taking place in the Sahel and other parts of Africa. First, a...
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Algeria’s strengthening EU gas market pushes Morocco to look for its own gas
By Olivier Vallée | MondAfrique: Algeria was in the spotlight at the G7 summit in Bari in Italy in mid-June. New...
Egypt’s Demographic Time Bomb
This month of June 2024, the Egyptian population reached the record number 106.4 million people. Egyptians added...
Libya: Troops of warlord Khalifa Haftar kill civilians in Tripoli
Tripoli, March 19, 2020 (AFP) - Libya's unity government said Thursday that five women were killed and five civilians...
WHO does not have good news for Africa, sees “worse” ahead
Ouagadougou, March 18, 2020 (AFP) - Sub-Saharan Africa on Wednesday recorded its first COVID-19 death, a high-ranking...
Moroccans brace for a period of “hibernation”
Rabat, March 18, 2020 - Morocco on Wednesday urged residents to stay home in an effort to contain the novel...
Despite global health crisis, Arab regimes continue to repress
March 18, 2020 - Egyptian police arrested four prominent women dissidents Wednesday after they demanded the release of...
Sahel and Sub-Sahara’s first coronavirus death
Ouagadougou, March 18, 2020 (By Armel Baily with David Esnault in Abidjan) - Sub-Saharan Africa's weeks-long reprieve...
Middle East countries urged to come clean about their covid19 numbers
Cairo, March 18, 2020 - The World Health Organization urged Middle Eastern governments Wednesday to be more...
Sahel: Niger hits Boko Haram hard, kills dozens of insurgents
Niamey, March 16, 2020 - Fifty fighters of Nigeria's Islamist group Boko Haram were "neutralised" during an overnight...
Egypt cracks down on foreign journalists for their reporting on Covid19
Cairo, March 17, 2020 - Egypt revoked the press credentials of a journalist for The Guardian and censured The New York...
Algeria prepares for a pause of the Hirak movement, president bans gatherings
Opposition figures in and outside of Algeria have been issuing statements calling for the halt in the anti-government...
Morocco arrests Salafist preacher for publicly opposing anti-coronavirus measures
The Moroccan authorities arrested Salafist Preacher Abou Naim for publicly opposing anti-coronavirus measures enacted...
Morocco: Second death and 10 more tested positive for Covid-19
A 75-year-old man, who tested positive to Covid-19, died on Tuesday, 17 March in Salé, Morocco, bringing the number of...
Tunisia brings back loudspeakers to get its message out and fight coronavirus
MEA Risk brief: The municipality of Tunis resuscitated the old means of communicating official statements with...
Egypt: Covid-19 fallout, Hurghada resort and village in the Daqahliya on lockdown
Cairo, March 17, 2020 - Egypt on Tuesday locked down the Red Sea resort of Hurghada where a German tourist died of new...
Several Muslim countries close mosques, conservatives push back
Several Muslim countries have decided to close their mosques and ban collective prayers to protect their populations...
Authorities seek to appease population on food supply amid virus containment phase
Just as in many countries, North Africans have been flocking to their neighborhood markets, increasing their shopping...
Sahel: Swedish soldiers headed to Mali in yet another French operation
Stockholm, March 16, 2020 - The Swedish government plans to send up to 150 soldiers to Mali to support a French...
Egypt to freeze flight activity, seeks complete closure
Cairo, March 16, 2020 - Egypt said on Monday all flights would be suspended until the end of the month to stem the...
Egypt: Six suspected insurgents killed in Sinai
Cairo, March 16, 2020 - Egyptian police have killed six militants in a shootout in the restive northern Sinai region,...
Sahel: Mauritania also shuts down
MEA Risk Brief: Several measures have been taken by the public authorities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in...
Libya wants Covid-19 out, closes its borders and airspace
Tripoli, March 15, 2020 - The UN-recognised government in divided and war-torn Libya has said it will close from...
Algeria: Travel links between Algeria and Europe suspended
Algiers, March 16, 2020 - Algeria's Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad announced Monday a suspension of all scheduled...
European tourists find their way back home after getting stranded in Morocco
Rabat, March 15, 2020 - Several special flights departed Morocco Sunday taking thousands of stranded Europeans home as...
Tunisians turn to herbalists to thwart the coronavirus
Tunis, March 16, 2020 (By Kaouther Larbi) - There is no known cure for the new coronavirus, but in the medicinal herbs...
Morocco: Tourism in the time of Covid-19
Fnideq, Morocco, March 14, 2020 - Tourists were stranded in Morocco on Saturday after the kingdom announced strict...
Sahel: The forced depopulation of central Mali
Mopti, Mali, March 14, 2020 (By Amaury Hauchard) - After years of ethnic massacres and unrelenting jihadist attacks,...
European expat brings first COVID-19 case to Mauritania
Nouakchott, March 14, 2020 - Mauritania has confirmed its first case of novel coronavirus, the country's health...
Libya: While COVID19-free, Libya announces preventive measures
Tripoli, March 13, 2020 - Libya's rival governments on Friday both announced a two-week closure of schools and...
Egypt: 20 killed in floods, as Egypt is unable to fix its crumbling infrastructure
Cairo, March 13, 2020 - Heavy rains and flooding have killed around 20 people in Egypt, Prime Minister Mostafa...
Morocco suspends major travel links
MEA Risk Brief: In a drastic move aimed at halting the spread of the coronavirus, Morocco announced the suspension of...
Food and grocery shopping skyrockets in Tunisia
MEA Risk Brief: The average daily purchases of food products in Tunisia, including couscous, semolina, flour, pasta,...
Algerians maintain their anti-regime protests despite COVID-19
ME Risk Brief: Large crowds surged this Friday, 13 March in Algiers and in many Algerian cities for the 56th week of...
North Africa coronavirus: 12 March 2020 update
Listen to the audio podcast above By Arezki Daoud: It is not total panic mode yet, but there is a feeling that the...
Sahel: Africom commander speaks of ineffective European strategy in the Sahel
Washington, March 10, 2020 - European anti-jihadist efforts in the troubled Sahel region are "insufficient" and...
Tunisians rush to buy garlic to fight coronavirus
Tunis, March 12, 2020 - The price of garlic has shot up in Tunisia amid a buying rush as consumers hope it will help...
Libya still officially coronavirus-free
Tripoli, March 11, 2020 -By Jihad Dorgham- Despite advice from health authorities to shun public gatherings, Moayed...
Algeria: Court sentences opposition activist Karim Tabbou to one year in prison, set to be released next week
Algiers, March 11, 2020 - A court Wednesday sentenced Karim Tabbou, a key figure in Algeria's anti-government protest...
Egypt: First death in Egypt’s coronavirus outbreak
Luxor, Egypt, March 9, 2020 - Scores of foreign tourists and Egyptian crew Monday remained quarantined aboard a Nile...
Egypt: New coronavirus cases detected in Egypt
Cairo, March 6, 2020 - Egypt detected 12 new cases Friday of the novel coronavirus among workers aboard a Nile cruise...
Tunisia: Terror attack in Tunis, one dead, five wounded
At 11:20 AM Tunis time this morning (6 March), two men on a motorcycle attempted to breach the checkpoint leading to...
Egypt executes insurgent leader Hisham Ashmawy
Cairo, March 4, 2020 - Egypt executed an ex-special forces officer turned top Islamist militant, Hisham Ashmawy, on...