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North Africa Confronted with New Security Concerns
Security issues in North Africa have been in the news recently. There is news coverage in Spain about Morocco stepping...
Tunisia’s weak economic performance compounded by late data releases
Tunisia’s political system is still compromised, but the economy is showing some signs of minimal recovery. However,...
Sahel: Central Mali riven by communal violence
Mopti, Mali, March 4, 2020 - Less than a year after more than 160 Fulani civilians were massacred at dawn in Ogossagou...
Morocco confirms first coronavirus case from Moroccan national residing in northern Italy
On Monday, 2 March, Morocco confirmed its coronavirus case. Health authorities said the patient is a Moroccan national...
Tunisia announces first case of coronavirus, joins four other African nations affected
Tunisia is now the fifth African country to report a coronavirus case, announced on Monday March 2, 2020. It now joins...
Algeria: Soldier and insurgent killed in clash in Tafassour
Critical incident tracking firm MEA Risk LLC said on 2 March, a military sweeping operation in Tafassour, province of...
Algeria: Anti-regime Hirak figure Fodil Boumala acquitted by court
Algiers, March 1, 2020 - An Algerian court on Sunday acquitted Fodil Boumala, a key figure in a protest movement that...
Egypt: Dozens sentenced to death in Egypt over terror attacks
Cairo, March 2, 2020 - (photo of Hisham Ashmawy) An Egyptian court Monday sentenced to death an ex-special forces...
Egypt: Health officials identify second case of coronavirus
Cairo, March 2, 2020 - Egypt on Monday reported its second case of novel coronavirus, more than two weeks after...
Sahel: Mali soldiers killed by rocket attack in Mondoro
Bamako, March 2, 2020 - Six Malian soldiers died and 10 were injured when militants armed with rocket launchers...
Sahel: France angry at Mali envoy over remarks on “rowdy behavior of French troops”
Feb 27, 2020 - France on Thursday summoned Mali's ambassador after dismissing as "false" and "unacceptable" his...
Algeria: Court sentences drug baron to prison, acquits president’s son in real estate corruption case
Algiers, Feb 27, 2020 - The son of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been acquitted in a high-profile...
Global markets rattled by coronavirus
Lagos, Feb 28, 2020 - Nigeria reported the first new coronavirus case in sub-Saharan Africa on Friday, as global stock...
Tunisia: At last, Tunisia has a new government
Tunis, Feb 27, 2020 - Tunisia's new government won a confidence vote in parliament on Thursday, after more than four...
Algeria: The dizzying pace of the anti-corruption campaign and the clan warfare
The Algerian legal system has resumed its anti-corruption campaign with the arrest this week of several business...
Sahel: With insurgents several steps ahead, Sahel leaders are disoriented
Nouakchott, Feb 25, 2020 - A summit of Sahel states heard appeals Tuesday to step up the fight against jihadists whose...
Algerian health authorities announce first case of coronavirus
The Algerian ministry of health said the country has recorded its first case of coronavirus. The announcement was made...
Algeria: Pro-democracy activist Fodil Boumala on trial, prosecutor wants one year’s prison term
Algiers, Feb 24, 2020 - An Algerian prosecutor is seeking a year's prison sentence for Fodil Boumala, a leading figure...
Algerians maintain their revolt against unpopular regime
Algiers, Feb 22, 2020 - Several thousand people gathered in the Algerian capital Saturday on the first anniversary of...
Sahel: French army says it killed some 50 insurgents in Mali’s Mopti region
Paris, Feb 21, 2020 - French soldiers "neutralised" around 50 in a series of operations in Mali this month, the army...
Algerians wrap up full-year of rallies with pledge to continue until old regime falls
Algiers, Feb 21, 2020 - (photo: Twitter: @khaleddrareni) Algeria this weekend marks a year since the birth of an...
Algeria: City of Bordj Bou Arreridj in the spotlight of the Hirak revolution
Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria, Feb 20, 2020 (By Amal Belalloufi): When a group of young people took to the streets of...
Tunisia: President threatens to dissolve parliament as cabinet unable to form
On Monday, 17 February, Tunisian President Kais Saied said that without a vote of confidence to validate the future...
Algerians brace for major anti-government rallies this weekend, police continue to repress
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the capital Algiers, on Tuesday, 18 February, during the 52nd weekly...
Sahel: Food distribution program gone wrong, scores of refugees killed in Niger stampede
Niamey, Feb 17, 2020 - Twenty people, many of them women and children, were trampled to death on Monday in a stampede...
Sahel: Insurgents attack church in Burkina Faso, 24 killed
Ouagadougou, Feb 17, 2020 - Gunmen have killed 24 people and wounded 18 in an attack on a Protestant church in a...
North Africa’s first case of coronavirus confirmed in Egypt
Cairo, Feb 14, 2020 - Egypt's health ministry on Friday announced the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in...
Sahel: Second deadly attack on a Fulani village in Mali’s Mopti region
Bamako, Feb 14, 2020 (By Kassim Traore) - Twenty people were killed in an attack overnight on a village in central...
Algeria: The fall of a media provocateur and owner of a propaganda machine
Media provocateur Anis Rahmani, owner of Algeria’s Ennahar TV, was put on detention warrant by a court in Algiers as...
North Africa confronting tough climate change
Skoura, Morocco, Feb 14, 2020 (By Ismail Bellaouali) - Dead palm trees lie on dry, yellowish earth near an abandoned...
West Africa facing Jihadist contagion from the Sahel
Cotonou, Feb 14, 2020 (By Josue Mehouenou with Sophie Bouillon in Lagos) - An attack on police in the far north of...
Algeria faces economic turmoil and nothing that Tebboune is doing will fix anything
By Arezki Daoud - (13 February 2020): The Algerian government appears clueless when it comes to fixing the economy, or...
Sahel: With failure of foreign forces in Mali, president forced to seek negotiations with insurgents
Bamako, Mali, Feb 11, 2020 (By Amaury Hauchard) - Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has opened the door to talks...
Libya: Unusual consensus in the UN Security Council, but no solution in sight
United Nations, United States, Feb 13, 2020 - The UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution calling for a...
Tunisia: President Kais Saied’s unsettled foreign policy
Tunis, Feb 13, 2020 (By Caroline Nelly Perrot) - Tunisian President Kais Saied's first major foray into international...
Demographic milestone: Egypt’s population exceeds 100 million
Cairo, Feb 11, 2020 - Egypt's population has passed 100 million, its statistics agency said Tuesday, highlighting the...
Egypt: More violence in north Sinai
Feb 11, 2020 - Egyptian police have killed 17 militants in a shootout in the restive northern Sinai, the interior...
Egypt: Scores killed during insurgent attempt to raid military site in Sinai
Cairo, Feb 9, 2020 - Militants killed and wounded seven Egyptian soldiers in restive North Sinai on Sunday, Egypt's...
Libya: African Union gets in the game after complaining of isolation
Addis Ababa, Feb 10, 2020 - The African Union vowed Monday to boost efforts to end the crisis in Libya and support a...
Algeria: Insurgent targets military outpost near Timiaouine, kills guard during suicide attack
An Algerian soldier was killed Sunday in a suicide car bomb attack near the Mali border, the Algerian defence ministry...
Sahel: More violence in Niger
Niamey, Feb 8, 2020 - At least 11 civilians had been killed in two separate attacks in Niger, which is struggling to...
Libya: African Union pressured to do more on the Libyan crisis
Addis Ababa, Feb 8, 2020 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday said he supported the African Union (AU)...