By MondAfrique: As a whole, Africa has seen its debt increase five-fold over the past twenty years, to reach $700...
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Tunisia’s Slide Toward Autocracy: The Erosion of Democratic Institutions
By Arezki Daoud | Photo: Abir Moussi: Tunisia has been experiencing a fast moving drift towards autocracy, marked by...
Profile: The Controversial Legacy of Saddam Haftar: A Portrait of Corruption and Abuse
By Arezki Daoud: Khalifa Haftar, the powerful figure dominating eastern Libya, has orchestrated a regime where his...
Tunisia: Elections likely to be held 15 September after death of President Essebsi
Tunis, July 26, 2019 (By Caroline Nelly Perrot) - Tunisia has less than two months to organise snap elections...
Libya: Misrata militia says it captured Qaeda leaders
Tripoli, July 25, 2019 - A Libyan militia has arrested a number of Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist leaders in a raid near the...
Tunisia: Death of President Essebsi forces change in election calendar
Tunis, July 25, 2019 - Tunisia is to bring forward a planned November presidential election by several weeks, the...
Egyptian minister suggests that people who criticize Egypt should be killed.
Montreal, July 24, 2019 - Egypt's immigration minister is facing criticism following a speech in Canada in which she...
Tunisia: President Beji Caid Essebsi Dies at 92
Tunis, July 25, 2019 - Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, the North African country's first democratically elected...
Sahel: Six people die of hunger after militia isolated their village in Mali
Bamako, July 24, 2019 - The Malian army will urgently deliver food and medical supplies to a region in central Mali,...
Libya: Fighting intensifies near Tripoli
Tripoli, July 23, 2019 - Forces loyal to Libya's UN-recognised government said they fought off a "major" attack on the...
Maghreb: Libya warlord Haftar’s warplane breaches Tunisia air space
Beni Ghezayel, Tunisia, July 22, 2019 - A Libyan warplane of military commander Khalifa Haftar's forces made an...
Sahel: Soldiers ambushed in NE Mali
Bamako, July 18, 2019 - A Malian soldier was killed and two others wounded in an ambush on their convoy in the...
Sahel: Lake Chad nations want $100 million to fight global warming
Niamey, July 19, 2019 - The four countries bordering Lake Chad on Friday launched a fund aimed at collecting $100...
Morocco: Migrants breach Melilla border fence
Madrid, July 19, 2019 - Around 50 migrants forced their way into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla from Morocco...
Governance in disarray: the criminal syndicate that ruled and continues to rule Algeria
By Arezki Daoud: The political crisis in Algeria has brought to the fore the extent of the state of the bankruptcy in...
Tunisia: Islamic State Group issues new threat against Tunisia
Tunis, July 17, 2019 - The Islamic State group has called for more attacks in Tunisia in a rare propaganda video...
Egypt: Suicide bomb attack claims two lives in Sheikh Zuweid
Cairo, July 18, 2019- Two people including a civilian were killed in a suicide bomb attack Thursday targeting security...
Egypt: Restrictive law likely to mark the death of many NGOs in Egypt
Cairo, July 15, 2019 - Egypt's parliament on Monday approved amendments to a controversial law that rights groups say...
Algeria: Arrest of former industry minister Youcef Yousfi paves way for probes on major corruption cases in energy sector
Commentary by Arezki Daoud: Algeria has been plagued by widespread corruption ever since Bouteflika became president...
Algeria’s military command selects Conservative Islamist supporter as new parliament chief
Arezki Daoud's comment: The Algerian national assembly has a new speaker. It was supposed to be another nationalist...
Sahel: Boat capsizes in Niger’s Goulbi River, kills 11 passengers
July 11, 2019 - Eleven people drowned Thursday when their boat capsized on a river in central Niger, the governor of...
Morocco: Judges under intense pressure to issue death penalty to killers of European tourists
Salé, Morocco, July 11, 2019 - The mother of a Danish student beheaded along with another Scandinavian woman while...
Tunisia: Presidential candidate Nabil Karoui charged with money laundering
Tunis, July 8, 2019 - Tunisian media magnate and would-be presidential candidate Nabil Karoui has been charged with...
Algeria: Millions of Algerians mobilize for 20th week, demanding ouster of illegitimate regime
Algiers, July 5, 2019 - Thousands of people protested for a twentieth consecutive week in Algeria's capital on...
Algeria: Regime looking to insert Trojan horse in the protest movement
Commentary by Arezki Daoud: Here is yet another delaying tactic. General Gaid Salah has mandated Interim President to...
Tunisia: Suspected mastermind of twin suicide attacks blows himself up, as death toll from his attack rises to two
Tunis, July 3, 2019 - The suspected mastermind of last week's twin suicide bombings in Tunis was killed when he blew...
Libya: Khalifa Haftar warplane kills 40 migrants who were jailed in a detention center
Tripoli, July 3, 2019 (By Imed LAMLOUM) - Nearly 40 migrants were killed in an air strike Tuesday night on their...
Libya: UAE weapons used by warlord Haftar
Dubai, July 2, 2019 - The UAE denied Tuesday it shipped US missiles to Libya, which is under a UN arms embargo, after...
Podcast: Algerian military leaders in state of panic, pushing for violence
the Algerian crisis Algerian military leaders in state of panic, pushing for violenceThe Algerian military has lost...
Libya: Haftar’s embarrassing defeat in Gharyan may complicate the Libyan civil war
Tripoli, July 2, 2019 - By Imed Lamloum - Libya's military strongman Khalifa Haftar, by provoking Turkey, seeks to...
Algeria: Another Bouteflika operative forced to resign as speaker of lower house
Algiers, July 2, 2019 - The speaker of Algeria's lower house of parliament resigned Tuesday, an official told AFP,...
Libya: Turkey warns Libyan warlord Haftar
Comments by Arezki Daoud: Warlord Haftar is chewing more than he can swallow. Not only he lost his base in Gharyan to...
Libya: Warlord Haftar complicates his situation as he loses Gharyan
Benghazi, Libya, June 29, 2019 - Strongman Khalifa Haftar has threatened to attack Turkish interests in Libya after...
Mauritania: State TV claims foreigners took part to anti-election protests, but shows no proof
Nouakchott, June 27, 2019 - Mauritanian television has broadcast detained foreigners purporting to confess that they...
Morocco: Lawyers speak of Moroccan government failure to track terrorists, as suspects face death penalty
Salé, Morocco, June 27, 2019 - Lawyers for the family of a Danish hiker murdered last year in Morocco said on Thursday...
Libya: Setback for warlord Haftar as Tripoli forces retake Gharyan
Tripoli, June 26, 2019 - Libyan forces opposed to Khalifa Haftar claimed Wednesday to have retaken Gharyan, a...
Tunisia: Tunis rocked by twin terror attacks, as President fights for his life
Tunis, June 27, 2019 - Double suicide attacks shook Tunisia's capital Thursday, even as the country was plunged into...
Sahel: New dictatorship in Mauritania after General Ould Ghazouani declared victory
Nouakchott, June 25, 2019 - Mauritanian police raided the headquarters of two opposition parties, closing one of them...
The Sahara, a major corridor for Sub-Sahara migrants
Niamey, June 25, 2019 - Nearly 20,000 migrants have been rescued from the Sahara desert in Niger over the past three...
Egypt: Another terror attack in Egypt’s North Sinai
Cairo, June 26, 2019 - Seven police officers have been killed in a jihadist attack in restive North Sinai, Egypt's...
Egypt: General Sisi attacks businesses, accuses them of plotting against him
Cairo, June 25, 2019 - Egyptian authorities raided 19 businesses Tuesday accused of funding a plot to overthrow the...
Libya: Parliamentary speaker calls for the shutdown of national oil production
Libya's National Oil Company has warned that any bid to tamper with the sector could escalate unrest in the...
Mauritania: Another general takes over power in North Africa
Nouakchott, June 23, 2019 - Government candidate and frontrunner Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has won an absolute majority...