Algeria and France are now going through another diplomatic crisis, culminating with the recall of Algeria's...
Morocco: King Mohammed VI gets France’s support on Western Sahara, pardons some jailed journalists and activists
King Mohammed VI is celebrating 25 years on the throne. The event was celebrated nationwide in Morocco, and in a...
Tunisia: Harsh Conditions for Migrants in North Africa as they Seek Path to Italy
Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, has been active seeking the participation of North African nations to stop the...
More from the Maghreb
Algeria: New corruption scandal rocks Air Algerie amid leaks of confidential procurement documents ($)
Appointed on June 18, 2022 by the government as CEO of airline Air Algérie, Yacine Benslimane is now under...
Moroccans protest “humiliating” visa issuance policy at Rabat EU’s office
Dozens of Moroccans demonstrated outside the European Union's office in Rabat on Tuesday in protest at "racist" and...
Morocco: Dozen alleged Jihadists arrested in Melilla and Nador
Moroccan and Spanish police have dismantled a jihadist cell suspected of links to the Islamic State group, officials...
Moroccan nomads’ way of life threatened by climate change
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri In the blistering desert of Morocco, the country's last Berber nomads, the Amazigh, say their...
Libya’s eastern government signs oil and gas exploration deal with Turkey, rival government rejects it
Turkey's foreign minister signed a deal in Libya's capital Monday allowing for oil and gas exploration in Libya's...
Libya: Another gruesome mass grave unearthed in city of Sirte
Forty-two bodies have been found in a mass grave in the Libyan city of Sirte, an ex-stronghold of the Islamic State...
Morocco: Toxic alcohol kills 19 in Ksar El Kebir
At least 19 people have died and dozens of others were hospitalised after consuming toxic alcohol from a roadside...
Morocco: Death of a girl ignites debate over abortion rights in Morocco
Dozens of feminist activists demonstrated Wednesday in Morocco's capital, calling for legalised abortions after a...
Algeria orders charity group Caritas to cease after 60 years of operations
Algeria has ordered Catholic charity Caritas to cease its 60 years of operations in the North African country, a...
Tunisia: Hundreds of policemen protesting after colleagues were arrested for demanding right to unionize
More than 200 police officers protested in Tunisia's second city of Sfax on Wednesday to demand the release of eight...
Economy: Morocco’s central bank ups interest rates to slowdown surge in inflation
Morocco's central bank on Tuesday raised interest rates by 50 basis points to 2.0 percent in an effort to slow down a...
Algeria officially invites Morocco’s King Mohammed VI to Arab summit
Morocco said Algeria on Tuesday invited its King Mohammed VI to attend an Arab League summit in Algiers in November,...
Libya: Clashes reignite in coastal town of Zawyah among militias supporting rival governments
Five people were killed and 13 wounded in gun battles in the western Libyan town of Zawiyah, the latest unrest in the...
Islam: Yusuf al-Qaradawi, prominent Sunni scholar with major influence on North Africa, dies at 96
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a prominent Sunni scholar and spiritual leader of Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood movement, has...
Tunisia: Mayor of Mornag arrested after municipal police seized scales of street vendor who committed suicide
Tunisian police on Monday arrested the mayor of a town where a fruit seller committed suicide after his scales were...
Moroccan man who fought against Russia expresses sympathy with Ukrainian people
A Moroccan prisoner of war released as part of an exchange between Moscow and Kyiv said he wanted to draw attention to...
Morocco: Dozen undocumented Sudanese migrants get 3 years in Moroccan prison
A Moroccan appeals court has sentenced 12 Sudanese migrants to three years in jail over violence in the run-up to a...
Moroccan court sentences French narcotrafficker Sofiane Hambli to 20 years in prison
A Moroccan court has sentenced a French drug boss to 20 years in prison on a string of narcotics charges, a court...
Podcast: Algeria-Morocco rivalry intensifies, with no end in sight
The escalating rivalry between Algeria and Morocco has had a destabilizing effect on the Maghreb region of North...
Italian media question Algeria’s ability to supply promised natural gas, ENI on the defensive ($)
The Italian media has reported this week about the alleged difficulties faced by the Algerian state-onwed oil company...
Libya: Continued foreign meddling in a dangerously divided Libya ($)
This article is for premium subscribers. Please follow the link below to access the article, or the 'subscribe link'...
How the Western Sahara conflict has become a thorny issue for a neutral Tunisia ($)
This article is for premium subscribers. Please follow the link below to access the article, or the 'subscribe link'...
Morocco punishes government critic Saida El Alami with an extra year in her two-year prison term
A Moroccan appeals court on Wednesday extended by another year the prison sentence of an activist tried for...
Video: Inside sex tourism in Morocco
France24's Reporters report on pedophiles and sex tourists in Morocco, where hundred of thousands are being sexually...
Video: Tourism season in Tunisia winds down
Tourism sector in Tunisia
Video: Tunisia’s Ex-PM Ali Laarayedh detained by police
Tunisia's anti-terrorism police detained for one day Ali Laarayedh, a former prime minister and senior official in the...
Tunisia: Islamist opposition leader Ghannouchi interrogated by police all night long
The leader of Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party was questioned through the night by counter-terrorism police...
Tunisia: Anti-terror probe of Tunisia opposition party chief Ghannouchi delayed
The leader of Tunisia's Islamist-inspired opposition party Ennahdha is set to be questioned Tuesday by an...
Tunisia’s political turmoil continues as government investigates leading opponents for terror-related actions
Two leaders of Tunisia's Islamist-inspired opposition party Ennahdha were called in Monday for questioning by an...
Tunisia: President issues decree that punishes authors of “fake news” with up to 5 years in prison
Tunisia's President Kais Saied issued a decree Friday that punishes the dissemination of "fake news" with up to five...
Libya: Elusive US engagement in Libya
By Hamza Mrkouar Ten years after the US ambassador to Libya was killed in the eastern city of Benghazi, the country...
Tunisia to raise public sector salaries in bid to ease social tension
Tunisia's government and the country's powerful UGTT union signed a deal boosting public sector salaries on Thursday, ...
Energy: Morocco and Nigeria sign MoU for a gas pipeline
A memorandum of understanding was signed Thursday for the development of a project to pump gas from Nigeria to Morocco...
Western Sahara: Diplomatic battle over the Western Sahara continues with rumors of Kenya dropping support to independence movement
There was confusion on Wednesday over whether Nairobi had cut ties with the contested Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic...
Migrations: Number of Tunisians fleeing their country to Italy up 11% this year
More than 13,000 clandestine Tunisian migrants have reached Italy by sea since the start of the year, almost a fifth...
Morocco: Israel’s ambassador to Morocco defends himself against “smear campaign” in alleged sexual misconduct
Israel's ambassador to Morocco, who was recalled last week amid an investigation that media linked to alleged sexual...
Western Sahara: Polisario warns car race against crossing in the disputed territory
Western Sahara independence movement the Polisario Front has warned organisers of the Africa Eco Race not to pass...
Israel and Morocco face public relations problem in Morocco after Israeli envoy recalled over sex abuse allegations
Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested outside Morocco's parliament Friday against the kingdom's...
Tunisia: Under public pressure, Tunisian government releases journalist on bail
Journalist Ghassen Ben Khlifa free on bail A Tunisian journalist and activist was released on bail Sunday, five days...
Tunisian journalist Ghassen Ben Khlifa facing ‘terrorism’ charge
A Tunisian journalist and activist was released on bail Sunday, five days after his arrest on suspicion of...
Western Sahara conflict worsens regional diplomatic relations, amplifies instability
By Paul Raymond A bitter showdown between Morocco and its arch-rival Algeria over the disputed Western Sahara...
Tunisia: Cash-strapped Tunisia faces rationing and food shortages
By Habib Haj Salem Cash-strapped Tunisia is facing a dearth of imported foodstuffs from dairy products to coffee,...
Morocco: Israel recalls Morocco envoy amid sexual misconduct allegations
Israel has recalled its top envoy to Morocco amid an internal investigation, a diplomatic source told AFP Thursday,...
Algeria deports hundreds of migrants from Niger
More than 800 migrants expelled this week by Algeria have reached the northern Niger town of Agadez, local authorities...
Tunisia: Customs agents kill suspected cigarette smuggler as social tensions grow
Tunisian prosecutors opened an investigation on Thursday into the death of a young suspected cigarette smuggler who...
Tunisia: Three migrants drown off Gabes coast
Three irregular migrants drowned off Tunisia's coast after their Europe-bound boat bound sank, authorities in the...
Libya: International court abandons case against late Libyan security chief Tohami Khaled
The International Criminal Court said Wednesday it was dropping a war crimes case against deposed dictator Moamer...
Morocco reacts to deepening social crises with ineffective minimum wage increase ($)
This article is for premium subscribers. Please follow the link below to access the article, or the 'subscribe link'...
Algeria: Hundred Algerian troops take part to Russia’s Vostok 2022 military drills ($)
This article is for premium subscribers. Please follow the link below to access the article, or the 'subscribe link'...
Tunisia: Opposition announces boycott of upcoming legislative elections
Tunisia's main opposition alliance said Wednesday its members including the once-powerful Ennahdha party would boycott...
Western Sahara: UN envoy holds talks with Polisario chief in Algeria
The UN's Western Sahara envoy Staffan de Mistura met Sunday with the leader of the Polisario independence movement...
Sahel: Insurgency in northern Burkina Faso worsens
By Armel Baily At least 35 civilians were killed and 37 wounded Monday when an IED blast struck a convoy carrying...
Algeria: Leading French newspaper Le Monde accused of ‘censorship’ for pulling op-ed on Macron
Leading French daily Le Monde on Friday faced accusations of censorship after it deleted an opinion piece that...
Tunisia: Clash in Mount Salloum near Algeria leaves three IS Jihadists dead
The Tunisian army said Friday it had killed three jihadists linked to the Islamic State group, during an operation in...
Algeria and France negotiate increase of gas deliveries ($)
Algeria could increase its gas deliveries to France by 50%. Negotiations between the Algerian and French authorities...
Libya: Apparent calm hides potential for more violence
There is potential for new violence in Libya, a United Nations official said Tuesday, as the country faces delays in...
Western Sahara: Tit-for-tat diplomatic row erupts between Morocco and Tunisia
Tunisia announced Saturday the recall of its ambassador to Morocco for consultations, a day after the kingdom did the...
Libya: Egyptian migrants dead and missing after boat sank off the coast Tolmeta
Five migrants died and 16 went missing after their boat sank off the coast of eastern Libya while attempting to reach...
How to influence Africa: Japan pledges $30 billion in Africa-wide investments
Japan will cooperate closely with African countries to promote "more resilient" economies, Prime Minister Fumio...
Libya: Dozens killed in militia clashes in Tripoli
By Hamza Mekouar Flights resumed and shops re-opened in Libya's capital Tripoli on Sunday after clashes between...
Algeria and France looking for new path with high-profile presidential visit
French President Emmanuel Macron called for "truth and recognition" of the past on Friday, the second day of a visit...
Morocco gets support from heavyweight Germany over Western Sahara territorial claim
Germany gave its backing on Thursday to a Moroccan autonomy plan for resolving the Western Sahara conflict, days after...
Migrations: Thousands of young Tunisians migrated to Italy this year
More than 2,000 Tunisian youngsters this year have made the perilous Mediterranean crossing from the North African...
Libya in turmoil again as tensions escalate
The United Nations on Tuesday voiced "deep concern" over growing tensions between rival Libyan forces, calling for...
Algeria: Another former Prime Minister arrested
Algeria's Former Interim Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui has been arrested on August 23, 2022. He has been placed in...
Libya: New mass grave found in Tarhuna
Libyan authorities said Monday that seven unidentified bodies were found in the western town of Tarhuna, where scores...
Algeria: Death toll from wildfires exceeds 40, 13 arrested on suspicion of arson
The death toll has climbed to at least 43 from wildfires that have raged for days in northern Algeria, with numbers...
Algeria: Nine dead in after bus collides with tanker in Illizi
Nine people have been killed in a collision between a bus and a fuel tanker in southeast Algeria, the civil defence...
Algeria: Parts of the iconic El Kala Biosphere Reserve destroyed by fire
More than 10 percent of a UNESCO-listed biosphere reserve has been destroyed by fires that tore through northeastern...
French president to visit Algeria next week
French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Algeria next week in a bid to improve strained ties between Paris and...
Morocco: Two Moroccan diplomats on assignment in Colombia suspended for questionable behavior
Two Moroccan diplomats have been suspended from their positions in Colombia after they were drugged and robbed by...
Algeria: At least 38 dead in intense wildfires
Algeria’s deadly wildfires Wildfires which killed at least 38 people across northern Algeria have been contained,...
Algeria: Forest fires spread in north Algeria, 26 killed
UPDATE: At least 26 people were killed and dozens injured Wednesday in forest fires that ravaged parts of northern...
Tunisia: Journalist Salah Attia jailed by military court for criticizing president and army
A Tunisian military court sentenced journalist Salah Attia to three months in prison Wednesday for public remarks he...
Morocco: At least 23 killed in bus crash in Khouribia
UPDATE: The death toll has been raised to 23 people, another 36 people were injured in the crash of a bus travelling...
Morocco hard hit by drought
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: Mohamed gave up farming because of successive droughts that have hit his previously fertile but...
Tunisia: Election data shows 30.5% turnout in constitutional referendum, more than 94% in favor
The final results of a controversial referendum granting unchecked powers to the office of Tunisia's President Kais...
Morocco: Intense wildfires in north Morocco blamed on arson
Three firefighters died and two others were seriously injured in a forest fire in northern Morocco that was suspected...
Morocco jails blogger for disrespecting religion
A Moroccan blogger has been sentenced to two years in prison for "offending the Muslim religion" after posts on...
Tunisia: Conflict between judiciary and President Kais Saied intensifies
Tunisia's judicial authorities on Wednesday revoked the sacking in early June by President Kais Saied of almost 50...
Libya: Dozens of suspects go on trial for alleged membership to IS
The trial opened Monday in Libya's western city of Misrata of 56 suspected Islamic State group militants captured...
Moroccan court OKs extradition to US of French cybercrime suspect Sebastien Raoult
Morocco's top court has given a preliminary endorsement over the extradition to the US of a French national suspected...
Morocco: Pressure on Prime Minister to resign over skyrocketing gasoline prices
By Ismail Bellaouali Morocco's Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, a billionaire petrol baron, is facing a growing online...
Migration: Hundreds of migrants rescued off the coast of Tunisia
Tunisian coastguards "rescued" more than 250 migrants who were attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, the...
Libya: Fighting between rival militias rocks El Jebs, south of Tripoli
Clashes between armed groups erupted overnight in Tripoli, according to local media reports, the latest violence to...
Western Sahara: Morocco and Algeria entrenched in their positions, unwilling to compromise
Morocco called Tuesday for a return to regional roundtable talks on a peace deal over the Western Sahara, a format...
Algeria increases price of gas exported to France
Algerian state energy firm Sonatrach announced Thursday it had concluded a three-year deal with French group Engie on...
Tunisia: Draft constitution gives president immense powers
Tunisian President Kais Saied published an amended version of a draft constitution late Friday in an attempt to ward...
Libya: Rogue politician Fathi Bashagha still dreams of entering Tripoli to oust another rogue PM
By Paul Raymond Libya's Fathi Bashagha, appointed as prime minister in a challenge to a unity government in Tripoli,...
Algeria MP jailed for trying to help daughter cheat on school exam
An Algerian lawmaker has been jailed for three years for trying to help his daughter cheat on a school maths exam, the...
Tunisia: UGTT union boss says IMF conditions for loans drastic and unacceptable
The head of Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union confederation on Thursday rejected conditions set by the ...
Libya: United Nations to broker new talks between rivals in Libya
The United Nations said Thursday it will broker new talks between rival institutions from war-torn Libya next week to...
Tunisia: Former Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali arrested
Tunisian police on Thursday arrested former prime minister Hamadi Jebali, an ex-senior figure in the Ennahdha party...
Morocco: French billionaire Jacques Bouthier accused by four Moroccan women of sexual harassment
Four women have pressed charges in Morocco against French insurance tycoon Jacques Bouthier, currently under arrest in...
Tunisia: Regime uses military court to punish opponents of President Kais Saied
A Tunisian military court upheld a one-year prison sentence Friday against a prominent critic of President Kais Saied...
Tunisia arrests editor of news website Echahed
The head of a news website close to Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party has been arrested over alleged links to...
Morocco: Anger over soaring fuel prices
Petrol prices rose to record highs in Morocco on Thursday, fuelling anger among unions who demanded the government of...
Libya: ICC confirms death of militia leader Mahmoud al-Werfalli
The International Criminal Court on Wednesday confirmed the death of wanted war crimes suspect and Libyan militia...
Tunisia union confronts president with general strike
By Ezzedine Said Tunisia's main labour union holds a vast public sector strike Thursday to demand salary hikes and...
Tunisia: Union launches nationwide strike to demand pay raises, threatens actions against reforms
By Paul Raymond Flights were cancelled, public transport ground to a halt and government offices were closed in a...