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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...
Egypt: Hundreds of families north of Cairo quarantined after coronavirus death
Cairo, March 17, 2020 - Egypt has placed over 300 families under quarantine in a Delta village to stem the spread of...
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...
Sahel: Swedish soldiers headed to Mali in yet another French operation
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
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: Couple kidnapped in Burkina Faso in 2018 regains freedom
Sahel: The forced depopulation of central Mali
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
Egypt: Passenger trains collide in Cairo, several wounded
Algeria reports second COVID-19 death
Algiers, March 12, 2020 - Algeria has registered two deaths from the novel coronavirus, the health ministry announced...
Morocco closes border with Ceuta and Melilla
Madrid, March 13, 2020 - Morocco closed the border with Ceuta and Melilla, Spain's two North African enclaves, early...
Sahel: Africom commander speaks of ineffective European strategy in the Sahel
Algeria registers first coronavirus death
Algiers, March 12, 2020 (AFP) - Algeria has registered its first death from the novel coronavirus, the health ministry...
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...
Sahel: More killings in Mali
Bamako, March 11, 2020 - Unidentified gunmen killed 10 people and burned down a village in central Mali, local...
Egypt: Foreign tourists stranded in Nile cruise over coronavirus flown back home
Luxor, Egypt, March 11, 2020 - Egyptian authorities said Wednesday that 46 French and US tourists who had been...
Morocco: First coronavirus death in Casablanca
Rabat, March 10, 2020 - Morocco's health ministry said Tuesday the country had recorded its first death linked to the...
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...
Algeria: Police prevent Saturday protest rally in Algiers
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
Mauritania: Italy denies tourists knowingly evaded Mauritania virus containment
Nouakchott, March 6, 2020 - A group of Italian tourists that travelled in Mauritania without undergoing a...
Coronavirus exposes the deep divisions in the Arab world
Sahel: Mauritania expels Italian tourists over coronavirus
Sahel: US mulling more engagement in the Sahel
Sahel: IED hits army vehicle in Burkina Faso, kills four soldiers
Egypt executes insurgent leader Hisham Ashmawy
Sahel: Central Mali riven by communal violence
Algeria: Anti-regime Hirak figure Fodil Boumala acquitted by court
Egypt: Dozens sentenced to death in Egypt over terror attacks
