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Sahel: Understanding the crisis in Mali
A protest movement in Mali has snowballed in just six weeks, shaking the presidency of Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and...
Algeria: Auto industry magnate Mahieddine Tahkout sentenced for corruption
Algiers, July 15, 2020 - A former car industry boss who swiftly amassed riches under Algeria's ousted president...
Morocco: Court issues death sentences in 2017 Marrakesh shooting
July 27, 2019 - A Moroccan court has sentenced to death two Dutch citizens over the accidental killing of a medical...
Libya: Warlord Haftar bombs hospital near Tripoli, kills dozen
Tripoli, July 28, 2019- Five doctors were killed in an air strike by forces of Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar on a...
Tunisians bid farewell to President Essebsi
Tunis, July 27, 2019 (By Kaouther Larbi) - French President Emmanuel Macron and other foreign leaders attended Friday...
Morocco: Landslide buries bus near Marrakesh, kills 15
Rabat, July 26, 2019 - Moroccan emergency crews pulled 15 bodies from the mud after a rare summer downpour triggered a...
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: Dozens of migrants missing in the Mediterranean
Tripoli, July 25, 2019 - Some 150 migrants are missing after their boat sank off the coast of Libya, the International...
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: Italian fishing ship in Libyan custody
Tripoli, July 24, 2019 - The Libyan navy said Tuesday it seized an Italian-flagged fishing vessel and is questioning...
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...
Sahel: Foreign troops wounded in attack on military base in Mali
Paris, July 22, 2019 - Three French and Estonian troops were wounded on Monday when a car bomb exploded at 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...
Egypt: British Airways cancels flights to Cairo, cites security concerns
London, July 20, 2019 - British Airways said Saturday it had suspended flights to Cairo for seven days as a...
Libya: Oil production from Sharara back after sabotage on pipeline
Tripoli, July 22, 2019 - Libya announced the resumption of production Monday at its largest oil field and the loading...
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...
Morocco: Killers of European tourists get death sentence
Salé, Morocco, July 18, 2019 - Three Islamic State group supporters were sentenced to death by a court in Morocco on...
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...
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...
Sahel: Son of Mali President Keita fails to convince judge in defamation suit
Bamako, July 17, 2019 - A Malian court on Wednesday threw out a defamation case brought by President Ibrahim Boubacar...
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...
Libya: The backers of warlord Khalifa Haftar are calling for halt of fighting
Washington, July 16, 2019 - Key powers including backers of a rebel leader called Tuesday for a halt to fighting in...
Sahel: The bizarre idea of the International Crisis Group to solve the security crisis in Mali
Commentary by Arezki Daoud: The highly respected International Crisis Group (ICG) has proposed to Mali the...
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...
Sahel: Burkina Faso parliament extends state of emergency
Ouagadougou, July 11, 2019 - Burkina Faso's parliament on Thursday extended by six months until January a state of...
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...
Egypt: Pro-Mubarak Facebook page admin arrested for “spreading false info”
Cairo, July 11, 2019 - The administrator of a Facebook page supporting Egyptian ex-president Hosni Mubarak was...
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...
Libya: Car bomb at a Benghazi funeral claims three lives
Benghazi, Libya, July 11, 2019 - A car bomb exploded during the funeral of an ex-army commander in the Libyan city of...
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...
Morocco intercepts massive amount of cannabis bound for Europe
Rabat, July 8, 2019 - Moroccan police seized a "record" 27.3 tonnes of cannabis resin hidden in trucks bound for...
Algeria: Two more Bouteflika operatives in jail over corruption
The former head of ousted Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's party was placed in provisional detention Sunday...
Algeria: Police repression against peaceful protesters intensifies
Algiers, July 7, 2019 - Algerian police said Sunday they had opened an investigation after a video circulated online...
Egypt: Consumers in Egypt confronted with higher fuel prices
Cairo, July 5, 2019 - Egypt increased fuel prices Friday in its latest round of subsidy cuts under a reform package...
Tunisia: Prime Minister issues ban on niqab in public offices
Tunis, July 5, 2019 - Prime Minister Youssef Chahed decided Friday to ban the niqab Muslim face covering for women in...
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...