Niamey, July 21, 2020 - Heavy floods in Niger have claimed nine lives and destroyed more than 2,000 homes , affecting...
afp Bound
Moroccan court orders journalist Soulaimane Raissouni to stay in prison
Rabat, July 20, 2020 - A Moroccan court has ordered that the chief editor of Moroccan independent daily Akhbar...
Egypt: At least 14 inmates died from Covid-19 in Egyptian prisons
Beirut, July 20, 2020 - At least 14 prisoners have died from likely COVID-19 complications in scantly-monitored...
Sahel: Niger gets military equipment from US
Niamey, Dec 10, 2019 - The United States is donating $21 million (19 million euros) of military equipment to Niger...
Libya: French oil company Total to buy Marathon Oil’s stake in Libya’s Waha oil concessions
Libya's National Oil Corporation said Tuesday it had agreed to let French oil giant Total buy US outfit Marathon Oil's...
Sahel: Insurgents raid army camp in Tahoua, Niger, 17 casualties
Niamey, Dec 11, 2019 - Three soldiers and 14 attackers died in an assault earlier this week on an army camp in western...
Egyptian opponent abroad, Mohamed Ali, sentenced by Sisi court to jail in absentia
Cairo, Dec 10, 2019 - A self-exiled Egyptian businessman and dissident who has accused President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi...
Algeria: Former officials sentences to jail, protesters unmoved as battle against military regime rages
Algiers, Dec 10, 2019 - An Algerian court sentenced two former prime ministers to long jail terms Tuesday in the first...
Algerian regime increases attacks on pro-democracy activists and opponents over the Internet
Dec 8, 2019, By Salsabil Chellali: Social networks set alight the months-long protest movement against Algeria's...
Algerian people send strong rebuke to military rulers, massive rallies to reject elections
A vast crowd rallied in Algiers on the final Friday before a contentious presidential election many see as an elite...
Mauritania: Disaster at sea, scores of Europe-bound migrants drown off the coast of Nouadhibou
Nouakchott, Dec 5, 2019 - At least 58 migrants trying to reach Europe from West Africa died as their makeshift boat...
Tunisia: Unrest in Jelma, Sidi Bouzid
Tunis, Dec 3, 2019 - Eleven Tunisians were arrested during a night of clashes between protesters and police in the...
Libya: Civilians killed in air strikes on Tripoli, authorities say UAE drones used
Tripoli, Dec 2, 2019 - At least five civilians were killed and 10 wounded in overnight air strikes in a suburb of...
Morocco: Another tragedy on North Africa roads, 17 killed in bus crash near Taza
Rabat, Dec 2, 2019 - A bus crash in northern Morocco killed 17 people as the vehicle overturned, the health ministry...
Libya: Scores of migrants saved from drowning off the coast of Zawiyah
Libya's navy said Saturday it had rescued 205 migrants in an operation off the coast of Tripoli. The rescue took place...
Tunisia: Death toll from bus accident in Amdoun reaches 26, bus manager in custody
Ain Snoussi, Tunisia, Dec 2, 2019 - At least 26 people were killed when their bus crashed into a barrier on a mountain...
Sahel: Islamic State claims responsibility in death of French troops in Mali
Paris, Nov 29, 2019 - An ambush by Islamic State jihadists did not cause a collision between two French army...
Algeria: Despite widespread repression, Algerians continue peaceful rallies to demand democracy
Algiers, Nov 29, 2019 (By Amal Belalloufi) - Algerians are due to elect a new president next month but a huge protest...
Algeria: Police ups violence against protesters during visit of candidate Benflis to Bouira
Algiers, Nov 27, 2019 - Clashes took place Wednesday in northern Algeria between police and people protesting against...
Libya: Work at Al-Feel oil field in southwest Libya halts amid fighting
Tripoli, Nov 27, 2019 - Libya's National Oil Corporation said fighting triggered a suspension of production Wednesday...
Tunisia: Another case of corruption in North Africa. UK fines Alstom
London, Nov 25, 2019 - The UK arm of French rail firm Alstom was on Monday fined £15 million ($20 million, 17.5...
Egypt’s parallel justice system
Paris, Nov 27, 2019 - Amnesty International warned on Wednesday that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's...
Sahel: French soldiers killed in Mali in helicopters’ collision during sweeping operation
Paris, Nov 26, 2019 (By Daphne Benoit and Jérôme Rivet) - Thirteen French soldiers were killed in Mali when two...
Libya: Russia’s alleged involvement in Libya prompts US re-engagement
Since Donald Trump became President of the United States, North Africa and the African continent in general, have not...
Egypt harasses Coptic human rights activist Ramy Kamel
Cairo, Nov 25, 2019 - An Egyptian Coptic rights activist is facing charges of joining a "terror" group and spreading...
Sahel: Counter-insurgency campaign intensifies in Burkina Faso
On the Mali-Burkina border, Burkina Faso, Nov 25, 2019 (By Amaury HAUCHARD) - It was the heart of the forest and...
Algerian military launches campaign against repression on peaceful protesters
Algiers, Nov 22, 2019 - Authorities arrested more than 80 people during a night-time protest in the Algerian capital,...
Libya: Concern over increase in Mediterranean Sea crossing from Libya
The UN voiced alarm Friday at a "spike" in migrant boats departing from Libya this week, following fresh raids around...
Humanitarian disaster in the Sahel, millions facing famine
Geneva, Nov 19, 2019 - More than 2.4 million people need urgent food aid across the central Sahel region,...
Libya: Europe urges release of kidnapped Libyan lawmaker
Tripoli, Nov 17, 2019 - Thirteen European diplomatic missions in Libya, including the EU delegation, demanded Sunday...
Algerians back to the street to push against 12 December election
Algiers, Nov 15, 2019 (By Amal Belalloufi with Aymeric Vincenot) - Demonstrators thronged the streets of the Algerian...
Tunisia: Uproar over an MP accused of indecency
Tunis, Nov 13, 2019 - Tunisian women protested outside parliament Wednesday against the swearing in of a newly...
Tunisia: Ennahdah’s chief Rached Ghannouchi elected parliament speaker
Tunis, Nov 13, 2019 - The leader of Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, Rached Ghannouchi, was elected...
Egypt: Six killed in oil pipeline fire in Baheira
A pipeline caught fire near Itay el-Barood in the Baheira province of Egypt on 13 November 2019, killing six people...
Libya: Schools close, education minister pressured to resign
Tripoli, Nov 14, 2019 (By Nawas Al-Darraji) - A Libyan teachers' strike over salaries and "phantom" employees has...
Egypt’s dismal rights records exposed to global scrutiny
Geneva, Nov 14, 2019 - Egypt faced strong criticism at a UN review of its rights record Wednesday, with diplomats...
Sahel: Mali and French soldiers on the offensive in the Sahel
Bamako, Nov 11, 2019 - Mali is conducting a giant operation against jihadists in the country's troubled centre using...
Tunisia: Ennahdha party wants Ghannouchi as parliament leader
Tunis, Nov 10, 2019 - Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party which last month came top in legislative polls put...
Mali in a state of chaos
MALI IN CHAOSMopti, Mali, Nov 5, 2019 - By Celia Lebur - Untroubled by time, the mighty Niger River glides through the...
Libya: New reports of Russian mercenaries in Libya
Russia on Thursday denied US media reports that it had sent mercenaries from private military group Wagner to fight in...
Tension over Ethiopian dam on the Nile River
Ethiopia's construction of a massive power dam on the Blue Nile is raising tensions with Egypt, which depends on the...
Sahel: French Defense Minister admits crisis in Mali is “difficult,” wants more Europeans troops
France's defence minister said Tuesday she was "optimistic" European forces would step up to bolster the fight against...
Libya: Khalifa Haftar’s warplane strikes police station in Ain Zara, kills two
Tripoli, Nov 6, 2019 - Two Libyan policemen were killed in an air strike on a police station in the suburbs of Tripoli...