Firefighters in northern Morocco are battling a rapidly spreading wildfire in Houara Forest near Tangier, with 60...
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Morocco: Two children killed in floods
Struggling with a debilitating drought, Morocco is now experiencing heavy rainfall resulting in floods that have been...
Algeria Opens First of Five Seawater Desalination Plants to Combat Water Shortages
On Thursday, February 20, 2025, Algeria opened the first of five planned seawater desalination stations, located in...
Sahel/Sahara: Unprecedented Summer Flooding Devastates Numerous Regions
Every summer, the Sahara and Sahel regions experience floodings that cause deaths and damage. This year, however, the...
Morocco’s water woes deepen as rationing takes hold
By The North Africa Journal: The entire sub-region of North Africa is the hardest hit by a drought that is causing...
Drought is pushing North African economies to the brink and to social unrest
Drought is wreaking havoc on North Africa’s water supply and on its agriculture. All countries in the region are...
North Africa’s use of drones in the agricultural sector
By Aymen Jamli: A drone buzzed back and forth above rows of verdant orange trees planted near Nabeul, eastern Tunisia....
Morocco: Managem denies hazardous levels of arsenic at Bou Azzer cobalt mine
Moroccan mining company Managem, controlled by Morocco's royal family, has refuted allegations linking its mining...
Libya: Companies flock to Benghazi for reconstruction projects
More than 260 Libyan and international companies on Wednesday attended a forum in Benghazi organised by the country's...
In the Media: Morocco: After the quake, water!
France24 says a rare geological phenomenon has occurred in Morocco's Atlas Mountains following a large earthquake on...
Libya: Revisiting Derna a month after the floods: mental trauma and thousands still missing
By Rim Taher: Nearly a month after floods hit Derna in eastern Libya, survivors are struggling to overcome the...
Libya’s latest official death toll exceeds 3,800
Nearly two weeks after a flash flood devastated the Libyan port city of Derna, the official death toll keeps rising,...
Libya flood: As death toll exceeds 3,300, tens of thousands of people are displaced
Libya's flood disaster, which killed thousands in the city of Derna, also displaced more than 43,000 people, the...
Libya: Ancient Greco-Roman city of Cyrene faces risk of collapse
Floods that killed thousands in the Libyan city of Derna also inundated one of the country's premier ancient sites,...
Libya: Incompetent eastern authorities tighten control on media, block communications access
Communications were severed Tuesday to the flood-hit Libyan city of Derna and journalists were asked to leave, a day...
Week after quake hit Morocco, survivors worry about dire hygiene conditions
By Anne-Sophie Labadie: In her earthquake-hit Moroccan town, Zina Mechghazzi has improvised a sink by placing a pink...
Libya: Entire families of Syrian migrants perished in flood
More than 100 Syrians, including entire families, died in flash flooding that killed thousands in Libya's eastern city...
Libya: ‘Worse than war’: Flood trauma haunts survivors
By Fulya Ozerkan: Grief etched into her face, 15-year-old Ibrar struggled to find the words to describe her pain at...
Libya: Unrest in Derna
By Amanda Mouawad: Hundreds of protesters rallied in Libya's disaster-hit Derna on Monday, accusing the authorities of...
Libya: What is the storm that destroyed NE Libya? Meet Daniel
The flash flood that has killed thousands of people in Libya this week followed a "medicane", a rare but destructive...
Morocco: How is King Mohammed VI Managing the Earthquake Crisis?
Could the earthquake be a defining moment for King Mohammed VI? So far, there have been mix signals about his...
Libya: The utter destruction of Derna
By Abdullah Doma: Rescuers sifted through mud and rubble Friday in their search for people missing from the...
Libya Floods: Latest Update
By Rim Taher: Flash flooding in east Libya caused by Storm Daniel tore through the coastal city of Derna, leaving...
Libya: Death toll surges to 2,300 in historical flood
At least 2,300 people were killed in Libya and thousands more were reported missing after catastrophic flash floods...
Morocco: Race against time to find survivors 4 days after quake
Hopes dimmed on Tuesday in Morocco's search for survivors, four days after a powerful earthquake killed more than...
Morocco quake: How villagers feel abandoned
By Sahar Al Attar with Joshua Melvin in Missirat: Homeless, traumatised and in some cases feeling abandoned by the...
Morocco: Red Cross appeals for over $100 mn
The Red Cross appealed on Tuesday for more than $100 million to provide desperately needed assistance in Morocco, days...
Libya: Major disaster unfolds, 10K people missing in storm-hit northeast
The death toll from freak floods in eastern Libya is expected to soar dramatically, with 10,000 people reported...
Morocco confronted with large-scale disaster management challenges
By Anne-Sophie Labadie: The hospital in Amizmiz caring for Moroccans injured in the earthquake is now a tent pitched...
Libya: Freak floods hit northeastern, death toll could reach 2,000
At least 150 people were killed (North Africa Journal editors' note: count likely to reach or exceed 2,000) when freak...
When politics gets in the way: France and US not in the list of countries Morocco asked for help
By Delphine Touitou: France is insisting that the reluctance of Morocco to accept French offers of aid in the wake of...
Morocco earthquake: update on search and rescue, the latest on the ground
Testimonies from residents By Kaouthar Oudrhihi with Anne-Sophie Labadie in Amizmiz: Moroccan rescuers supported by...
Another tragedy in North Africa, at least 150 killed in Libyan floods
At least 150 people were killed in freak floods in eastern Libya as a result of storm Daniel which has swept the...
Rescue operations continue in Morocco: Latest as of 8:11 PM GMT (4:11 PM EST)
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: Using heavy equipment and even their bare hands, rescuers in Morocco on Sunday stepped up...
Morocco: Uncertainty looms in the tourism sector
By Anne-Sophie Labadie: Marrakesh's ancient medina was nearly empty on Sunday after a deadly earthquake that hit...
Morocco: Spanish rescuers arrive in quake-stricken Marrakesh
Spain on Sunday sent 56 rescuers and four search dogs to Morocco following the powerful earthquake that killed over...
Morocco’s quake: the unbearable loss of the villagers of Moulay Brahim
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: Lahcen sits in the corner of the village dispensary in Moulay Brahim in Morocco's High Atlas...
Morocco: Death toll from earthquake reaches 1,305 says government
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: Morocco's deadliest earthquake in decades has killed more than 1,300 people, authorities said...
Morocco: National tragedy hits Morocco with deadly quake
Lahcen sits in the corner of the village dispensary in Moulay Brahim in Morocco's High Atlas mountains. He's...
Algeria: Eight killed by floods in northwest Algeria
Flooding caused by torrential rain has killed eight people in western Algeria, the country's civil defence service...
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...
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...
Algeria: Dozens killed in raging wildfires
Algerian firefighters on Tuesday battled blazes that have killed 34 people across the tinder-dry north, destroyed...