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Security issues in North Africa have been in the news recently. There is news coverage in Spain about Morocco stepping...
Tunisia’s political system is still compromised, but the economy is showing some signs of minimal recovery. However,...
The Kaftan or Caftan, is now source of new tension between Morocco and Algeria. The two countries have been monitoring...
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Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked the economy minister on Tuesday and appointed the finance minister to the role on...
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Libya's prosecutor general ordered the detention of the country's ambassador to Brussels on Tuesday over alleged...
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A Rome-bound aircraft departed on Saturday from Libya's capital, restarting flights to Italy after a nearly...
Libya's prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of four more officials, bringing to 12 the number held as part of an...
Libya's eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar travelled to Russia on Tuesday for talks on the situation in the war-and...
A United Nations expert on Tuesday urged Algeria to pardon people convicted or detained over their involvement in the...
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By Rim Taher: Libya's prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of eight officials as part of his inquiry into the...
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A sudden power outage hit Tunisia Wednesday, causing a nationwide blackout for about three hours due to technical...
Quake-hit Morocco's government announced on Wednesday a budget of more than $11 billion for reconstruction, rehousing...
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UNESCO announced Monday it was adding the Tunisian resort island of Djerba to its list of World Heritage Sites because...
By Anne-Sophie Labadie: In her earthquake-hit Moroccan town, Zina Mechghazzi has improvised a sink by placing a pink...
More than 100 Syrians, including entire families, died in flash flooding that killed thousands in Libya's eastern city...
By Fulya Ozerkan: Grief etched into her face, 15-year-old Ibrar struggled to find the words to describe her pain at...
Telephone and internet links were severed Tuesday to Libya's flood-hit city of Derna, a day after hundreds protested...
By Amanda Mouawad: Hundreds of protesters rallied in Libya's disaster-hit Derna on Monday, accusing the authorities of...
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By Delphine Touitou: France is insisting that the reluctance of Morocco to accept French offers of aid in the wake of...
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By Anne-Sophie Labadie: Marrakesh's ancient medina was nearly empty on Sunday after a deadly earthquake that hit...