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Algeria buries ex-president Bouteflika in muted funeralF

By Abdellah Cheballah with Francoise Kadri in Tunis: Algeria on Sunday buried Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the North African country's longest-serving president, at a cemetery for its independence heroes, but without the honours accorded to his predecessors.   Bouteflika...

Morocco: Premiership swings to pro-monarchy partyF

Does it really matter? By Arezki Daoud: The press often spends too much ink on such ministerial appointments, and although selecting a PM in the UK or Spain, for example, is a big deal, in places like Morocco, Egypt and Algeria, it really means nothing. In Morocco,...

Egypt: Sisi hosts Israeli PM Naftali BennettF

By Sarah Benhaida and Farid Farid: Israel's Naftali Bennett met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday, on the first visit to the North African country by a prime minister of the Jewish state in over a decade. Sisi was hosting Bennett in the Red Sea resort...

Algeria: Former Tunisian presidential candidate Karoui placed in pre-trial detention in AlgeriaF

The runner-up in Tunisia's 2019 presidential election, Nabil Karoui, has been placed in pre-trial detention in neighbouring Algeria, accused of "entering the country illegally", local media reported Sunday. Karoui and his brother Ghazi, an MP, had faced a hearing...

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