Libya is unable to find a way out of its crisis. It is caught between two rival governments, a dysfunctional...
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North Africa Defense: Morocco Gets Surface-to-Air Missiles, Algeria-Mauritania Sign Defense Pact
April 2025 has seen a notable series of military developments across North Africa, where rivalries and competition for...
Algeria–France Diplomatic Crisis Intensifies
By Arezki Daoud: I was in Algeria last week and it was difficult to ignore the escalating diplomatic tension between...
Sahel: Denmark withdraws aid to Mali and Burkina Faso
Denmark will partially suspend its development aid to Mali and Burkina Faso, its foreign ministry said on Friday,...
Mali’s new leaders are unflinching in face of economic turmoil
By Amaury Hauchard: Mali's ruling military junta has appeared unflinching so far in the face of economic sanctions...
Mali: New Mali leaders looking to ease tensions with Ecowas
Mali's ruling junta said Wednesday that it was in talks with the West African bloc ECOWAS, as well as other...
Mali accuses France of seeking to divide the country
Mali's prime minister on Monday accused France of having sought the partition of the west African country during its...
Energy: Morocco secures gas supply from Spain
Spain on Thursday said it would help Morocco ensure its energy security by allowing it to transport supplies through...
International: Europe getting angry at Mali leaders
The European Union on Friday imposed targeted sanctions on five members of Mali's ruling junta, including Prime...
Security: Germany calls for reevaluating Europe’s operations in Mali
European nations must re-evaluate their anti-jihadist duties in Mali in light of growing tensions with the ruling...
Algeria pledges $100 million to Palestinians
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune pledged $100 million in aid to the Palestinians, as Palestinian leader Mahmud...
Libya: Stephanie Williams replaces Jan Kubis as UN SG’s special advisor on Libya
American diplomat Stephanie Williams was appointed Monday as the UN secretary-general's special advisor on Libya,...
Burkina Faso: Anti-France sentiment in Burkina Faso creates operational challenges for French troops in the Sahel
By Armel Baily A French military convoy heading for Mali remained blocked in Burkina Faso on Thursday after being...
Mali: West African block seeks to isolate Mali’s junta
West African bloc ECOWAS issued sanctions against members of Mali's transitional government, including its prime...
Security: As Russia’s influence in Africa grows, EU wants to impose sanctions on Russian mercenaries Wagner
EU foreign ministers agreed Monday to draw up more sanctions on shadowy Russian mercenary group Wagner over its...
Libya: Handful of mercenaries may leave Libya soon
Forces of Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar said Thursday 300 foreign mercenaries fighting on their side would leave the...
Libya: France wants elections in December in Libya, to host talks this week
By Valérie Leroux and Jérôme Rivet French President Emmanuel Macron will host Friday an international conference aimed...
Morocco’s Western Sahara comments ‘fabrication’: Polisario
The Polisario Front independence movement on Sunday dismissed as "fabrication" comments by Morocco's king saying that...
Algeria: Regime in Algeria rejects reconciliation with France
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said Saturday he would not make the "first move" towards easing tensions with...
Western Sahara: Tension in the Maghreb increases after killing of three Algerian truckers in contested region
Algeria-Morocco: Decades of tensions As Algeria accused Morocco of killing three of its truck drivers on a desert...
Germany and Morocco continue to disagree on Western Sahara despite Rabat’s pressure to sway Germany’s position
Subscriber access: Despite Morocco’s pressure to convince Germany to support its claims on the disputed Western Sahara...
Western Sahara: Veteran diplomat De Mistura takes on the impossible task of reconciling Algeria and Morocco on Western Sahara
Algeria urges Morocco to quit W. Sahara buffer zone Algeria, the main backer of Western Sahara's Polisario Front...
European court rejects Morocco-EU trade deals involving Western Sahara territory
Reactions The Polisario, which seeks independence in the Western Sahara, welcomed a ruling Wednesday by the U's top...
Egypt: Sisi hosts Israeli PM Naftali Bennett
By Sarah Benhaida and Farid Farid: Israel's Naftali Bennett met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday, on...
Algeria: Former Tunisian presidential candidate Karoui placed in pre-trial detention in Algeria
The runner-up in Tunisia's 2019 presidential election, Nabil Karoui, has been placed in pre-trial detention in...
Regimes in Algeria and Tunisia gang up to kill democracy and human rights
Algeria-Tunisia: Scratch my back, I'll scratch yours Tunisian opposition politician and media owner Nabil Karoui and...
Morocco to close its Algiers embassy after ties cut
Morocco is to close its embassy in Algiers on Friday, an official source said, after Algeria severed ties with the...
Algeria and Morocco squabble again, relations set to deteriorate further
A long history of distrust and wasted time Algeria is to review its relations with Morocco, accusing it of involvement...
International: Chaos in Lebanon
By Ibrahim Chalhoub with Hashem Osseiran in Beirut: A fuel tank explosion in Lebanon killed 28 people and injured 80...
French nuclear tests in the Sahara in the 1960s remain a toxic issue in Algeria-French relations
By Amal Belalloufi with Philippe Agret in Paris More than 60 years since France started its nuclear tests in Algeria,...
Western Sahara: Spanish court closes case against Polisario leader Brahim Ghali
Spain's top criminal court said Thursday it had archived a case involving genocide allegations against the leader of...
Reporters Without Borders retracts accusation that Algeria used Pegasus spyware
Algeria said Friday it filed a defamation claim against media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) after it...
Morocco grapples with the Pegasus spyware problem
Morocco files French libel suit over Pegasus spyware claim Morocco has filed defamation claims against Amnesty...
Algeria-Morocco: Diplomatic tension over Moroccan diplomat’s support of Kabyle autonomy
Algeria recalled its ambassador in Morocco for consultations on Sunday as a new diplomatic spat broke out between the...
Libya’s normalization efforts at an impasse
The UN envoy for Libya, Jan Kubis, on Thursday warned of an impasse in the political, security and budgetary plans for...
Egypt: UN sees ray of hope in talks over controversial Ethiopian dam
An agreement on Ethiopia's controversial Nile River dam is possible, the UN said Thursday, urging "trust, transparency...
Egypt: More tension in Egypt after Ethiopia resumes filling of its giant dam
The conflict over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile Ethiopia's construction of a massive dam on a...
Algeria: President’s interviews with foreign media backfire with factual errors and alarming statements
By Redouane Benmehdi The Algerian presidency launched this week a campaign to communicate with global community and a...
Sahel: France losing grip of Mali and issues threats after army-man Goita took over power
New Mali leader meets Touareg representatives in a necessary move to bring peace to the country AFP - Malian strongman...
Sahel: Mali sinks into a deeper political crisis
By Marion Douet The African Union announced it was suspending Mali with immediate effect and threatened the...
Western Sahara: Polisario chief leaves Spain to Algeria
The leader of Western Sahara's independence movement, whose presence at a Spanish hospital sparked a diplomatic row...
Western Sahara: US’ Africom says no drills will take place in disputed Western Sahara
The US military on Tuesday denied a tweet by Morocco's prime minister that US-led African military exercises this...
Libya: With Libya struggling to expel mercenaries, Germany wants another conference to help out
By Hui Min Neo Germany will host a new set of Libyan peace talks on June 23 in Berlin, with Libya's transitional...