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Egypt Cuts Nighttime Economy to Reduce Electricity Consumption
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Gulf War Escalates as Energy Markets Reel and Regional Fronts Multiply
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Sahel: As political tensions persist, Niger population faces hardship
Floods this week have caused the death of 31 people in politically battered Niger, including eight following the...
Sahel: Political situation in Niger worsens with African Union suspending membership
By Aymeric Vincenot: The African Union said Tuesday that it had suspended Niger's membership in the wake of a military...
Sahel: Mali government troops and their Wagner allies are now attacking the ethnic Touaregs
By Arezki Daoud: As I have been saying for a while, the Malian junta is leveraging its honeymoon period with Russia's...
Environment: Coastal city of Agadir is hottest place ever in Morocco : 120F or 50.4C
Temperatures in Morocco have for the first time on record topped 50 degrees Celsius (120 Fahrenheit), the North...
Mali: Mali junta face more disgruntled Ethnic Touaregs
Regional rebels in Mali who signed a peace deal in 2015 have withdrawn their representatives from the capital, a move...
Migrations: The deadly sea crossings of North Africa
A rubber dinghy brings back dozens of people from one of six boats the Tunisian coastguard intercepted in a 24-hour...
Niger crisis: Burkina Faso sides with Niger junta, suspends media for anti-Niger stance
Burkina Faso's junta-led government has suspended one of the country's most popular radio stations after it broadcast...
Niger: Toppled president said to be “fine, given the situation”
Niger's detained president was seen by his doctor on Saturday, his entourage said, amid mounting concern for his...
North African governments struggling with migrant crisis
Tunisia and Libya announced Thursday they had agreed to share responsibility for providing shelter for hundreds of...
Niger: ECOWAS walks away from early threat of using force to restore deposed president
West African leaders will make negotiations with the military leaders who have seized control in Niger the "bedrock"...
Morocco: 50 people arrested in anti-terror sweeps ($)
Brief: Morocco’s overcrowded prisons ($)
Migration Crisis: Latest News
Four dead, 51 missing in shipwreck off Tunisia At least 11 migrants have died in a shipwreck off Tunisia's coast and...
Niger crisis: Algeria opposes military intervention in Niger
Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the prsident of Niger's northern neighbor Algeria, told reporters on Saturday August 5, 2023,...
Niger: Thousands of coup supporters gather in Niamey stadium
Thousands of supporters of the military coup in Niger gathered at a Niamey stadium Sunday, when a deadline set by the...
Migrants: Ten dead migrants wash ashore in Tunisia
The bodies of 10 migrants have been found on a beach in Tunisia, near the city of Sfax which has seen a spike this...
Egypt: One missing after tug sinks in Suez collision with tanker
A Suez Canal tugboat sank and a crew member was missing after the vessel collided with a Hong Kong-flagged tanker, the...
Sahel: Chad acquires military vehicles and security gear from the UAE
The United Arab Emirates has sent military vehicles and other security gear to Chad in support of anti-"terrorism"...
Morocco: 24 people killed in bus accident
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: A minibus carrying market-goers in Morocco plunged into a ravine on Sunday, killing 24 people in...
Nigerian president Tinubu under pressure to avoid war with northern neighbor Niger
By Camille Malpat with Aminu Abubakar in Kano, Nigeria: Political leaders in Nigeria are urging President Bola Tinubu...
Morocco: Five years in prison for criticizing King over normalization with Israel
Brief: Nigeria cuts electricity to Niger after coup
Nigeria has cut its electricity supply to Niger after West African neighbours imposed sanctions on the junta that...
Niger: Coup leaders get popular support amid rising regional tensions
By Boureima Hama with Delphine Touitou: Thousands of people rallied Thursday in Niger's capital in support of the coup...
Sahel: West African states getting stressed over coup in Niger, do not rule out military action
Tunisia: President fires Prime Minister amid a worsening domestic economy
Niger: Nuclear industry in France seeks to appease concerns over Niger’s uranium
Niger: New leaders launch purge of deposed regime ministers
Four ministers in Niger, a former minister and the head of ousted president Mohamed Bazoum's party have been arrested...
Niger military junta accuses France of plotting counter-coup
Niger: ECOWAS threatens Niger junta to return power to civilians
Niger: Athletes from Niger struggle to perform in Kinshasa after coup
Niger: Army General Abdourahamane Tchiani leads Niger’s new ruling junta
Niger: Army sides with presidential guard in ousting president Bezoum
Algeria: Dozens killed in raging wildfires
Five Moroccan migrants drown off Western Sahara
Tunisia: Panic in Europe over Tunisia’s potential economic collapse
Niger in the footsteps of Mali and Burkina, coup in the offing
The Militarization of the Sahel By Boureima Hama: An attempted coup was underway Wednesday in the Sahel state of Niger...
Sahel: Gunmen kill dozen civilians in Niger’s Tillaberi region
Gunmen have attacked two villages in Niger's vast Tillaberi border region, killing a dozen people working in the...
Algeria reacts to Israel’s backing Morocco in Western Sahara conflict
Algeria on Thursday denounced Israel's backing of Morocco's "claimed sovereignty" over the disputed Western Sahara...
Migrations: New tragedy at sea as 13 migrants from Senegal perish off the coast of Morocco
At least 13 Senegalese migrants from the same town died when their boat sank off the coast of Morocco late last week,...
Egypt: Under intense international pressure, Egypt releases Egyptian-Irish student Patrick Zaki two days after he was sentenced to prison
Egyptian researcher Patrick Zaki and lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer walked out of prison Thursday, relatives said, a day...