The UN's culture organisation will restore the world heritage site of Bandiagara, in central Mali, which has been hit...
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Mali: UN plane careens off Gao airport runway
A United Nations plane careened off the runway while touching down in the northern Malian city of Gao on Monday, the...
Algeria: Thousands of hectares of forests in Algeria ravaged by fire
Algeria's president on Sunday ordered an "immediate" investigation into forest fires that have ravaged thousands of...
Niger: Insurgents release kidnapped aid workers
Ten Niger humanitarian workers abducted by suspected jihadists as they were distributing food have been released a...
Algeria: Several opposition figures and rights activists released from prison
Editor's note: Also to be released are Samir Benlarbi et Slimane Hamitouche Algiers, July 2, 2020 - Two key figures in...
WHO concerned about state of Covid-19 in MENA region
The World Health Organization warned Wednesday the Middle East faces a "critical threshold" amid a relaxation of...
Algeria: Oligarch Ali Haddad gets 18 years in prison
An Algerian court on Wednesday handed heavy prison sentences to several former allies of ousted president Abdelaziz...
Global Covid-19 infections are soaring, world unable to halt spread
Geneva, June 29, 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic is "not even close to being over", the WHO warned Monday, as the...
Burkina Faso: From favored tourist destination to a hotbed of terrorism
By Armel Baily with Patrick Fort in Abidjan: Little more than five years ago, Burkina Faso was on the up, priding...
Libya: Haftar’s deadly mines
Mines have killed or wounded more than 100 people, including many civilians, south of Libya's capital following deadly...
Algeria: Two more troops killed in counterinsurgency sweep in Medea
Algiers, June 28, 2020 - Two Algerian soldiers, including an officer, were killed when a bomb exploded during an army...
Libya: Sudan captures alleged mercenaries headed to Libya
Sudan said Sunday it has arrested 122 of its nationals as they headed to neighbouring Libya to fight as "mercenaries",...
Niger: General Djibo enters the presidential race
General Salou Djibo, former head of Niger's military junta, will contest the 2020 presidential election after being...
Egypt: Covid patients killed in fire at hospital in Montazah district, east of Alexandria
Cairo, June 29, 2020 - A fire at a hospital in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria on Monday killed seven coronavirus...
Libya: Another mass grave found in Tarhuna
Tripoli, June 29, 2020 - Nine bodies have been found in another mass grave in the Libyan town of Tarhuna after...
Egypt’s debt rising: $5 billion more from IMF
The IMF board on Friday approved a one-year, $5.2 billion financing package for Egypt to help the country alleviate...
Tunisia: Why the Tataouine region struggles with unrest
Tataouine, Tunisia, June 26, 2020 - In the southernmost Tunisian town of Tataouine, being young often means being...
Libya: Reports of foreign mercenaries in Sharara oil field
Russian and other foreign mercenaries have entered a key oil field in southern Libya, the conflict-hit country's...
Algeria virus cases hit daily record
Algiers, June 26, 2020 - Algeria's health ministry said Friday it recorded 240 new COVID-19 cases the day before, the...
Tunisia: Prime Minister predicts just 7% GDP contraction
Tunis, June 25, 2020 - Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh warned Thursday that his country's economy, hit hard by...
Egypt accused of intimidating family of activist Mohamed Soltan
Washington, June 25, 2020 - Local and international rights groups on Thursday accused Egypt of "harassing and...
Niger: Humanitarian workers kidnapped in Tillaberi
Niamey, June 25, 2020 - Armed jihadists abducted 10 humanitarian workers as they were distributing food in a village...
Sahel: Understanding the political crisis in Mali
Bamako, June 25, 2020 (By Amaury Hauchard and Laurent Lozano) - Mali's government is facing a rising wave of protests,...
Morocco cracks down on abortion practice
Rabat, June 24, 2020 - Moroccan police said they arrested 11 people Tuesday for "illegal abortions" in the kingdom,...
Tunisia: Activist Tarek Haddad released as government hopes riots in Tataouine subside
Tunis, June 24, 2020 - A protest leader in southern Tunisia was released Wednesday, a lawyer said, four days after his...
Burkina Faso army raids insurgent locations near border with Ivory Coast
Ouagadougou, June 23, 2020 - Burkina Faso's security forces said on Tuesday they had destroyed two jihadist bases in...
UN gives Egypt’s Sisi a gentle nudge to stop threatening Libya
United Nations, United States, June 22, 2020 - The UN said Monday the "last thing" Libya needs is more conflict on its...
Egypt: Despite spike in infections, Egypt allows reopening of some public places, no hookah allowed
Cairo, June 23, 2020 - Egypt will partially reopen cafes, restaurants, places of worship, cinemas and sporting clubs...
Mixed feelings among Muslims as Saudi Arabia cancels the Hajj pilgrimage
Kuala Lumpur, June 23, 2020 - Muslims expressed disappointment Tuesday at Saudi Arabia's decision to scale back this...
Algeria: Five more people sentenced to prison for protesting
Algiers, June 23, 2020 - Five people were sentenced Tuesday in Algeria to between six months and a year behind bars...
Niger: Concern over fraud in defense purchasing
Niamey, June 23, 2020 - Niger's state prosecutor on Tuesday reported evidence of fraud and other crimes in a military...
Algerian regime lost the moral high ground: It is arresting children too in new wave of repression
In an effort to repress civilians, the Algerian police prevented the holding on Friday, 19 June of several rallies...
Algerian regime maintains its attacks on civilians, jails mother of two
Algiers, June 21, 2020 - Algeria sentenced prominent anti-government activist Amira Bouraoui to a year in prison on...
Tunisia: Unrest continues in southern Tunisia
Tataouine, Tunisia, June 22, 2020 - Protesters demanding jobs and the release of an activist in Tunisia's marginalised...
Egypt amplifies instability in Libya with threat to attack
Tripoli, June 21, 2020 - Libya's UN-recognised Government of National Accord on Sunday denounced Egypt's warning of...
Tunisia: Unrest in Tataouine over unemployment
Tataouine, Tunisia, June 21, 2020 - Protesters demanding jobs in Tunisia's energy sector blocked roads with blazing...
Morocco braces for more Covid-19 infections with new hotspot in Kenitra
Moulay Bousselham, Morocco, June 21, 2020 - A new field hospital in eastern Morocco will from Sunday receive around...
Algeria: Clash with insurgents in Ain Defla leaves one soldier dead
Algiers, June 21, 2020 - An Algerian soldier was killed during a clash with armed Islamists in the central region of...
As Morocco prepares to relax restrictions, virus cases spike
Rabat, June 19, 2020 - Morocco reported on Friday its highest number of confirmed novel coronavirus infections in a...
Egypt: Murder of Giulio Regeni remains thorny issue in Italy
Rome, June 19, 2020 - Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has accepted the blame for a failure to extract answers from Egypt...
Libya: 100 migrants rescued off the coast of Zawyia
Rome, June 17, 2020 - The German NGO Sea Watch rescued around 100 migrants off of Libya on Wednesday, saying the...
Mali braces for mass protest despite presidential call for talks with opposition
Bamako, June 17, 2020 (By Kassim Traore) - Malian opposition leader Mahmoud Dicko on Wednesday urged people to protest...
Defense: Debate in Algeria over sending troops abroad
By Abdellah Cheballah - Could Algeria soon send troops from its army, the pillar of the regime, to join peace-keeping...