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Crisis in Sudan: Meet the Ruthless Warlord Hemedti
Libya has Khalifa Haftar, Sudan has its own ruthless warlord, Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo—better known as Hemedti. Like...
Mauritanian Police Detain Anti-Slavery Activist After Advocacy Event
Warda Ahmed Souleymane, a prominent member of Mauritania’s abolitionist movement, was detained by police in Nouakchott...
Sahel: Violence in Niger as country prepares to inaugurate a new president
By Boureima Hama - Elite troops in Niger thwarted an "attempted coup" early Wednesday, a security source said, just...
Algeria: Hirak launches fifth week of anti-regime protest
Pro-democracy protesters took to the streets in Algeria Friday, with authorities making arrests in the capital and...
Sahel: Chad ups violence against opposition, less than a month to presidential election
Police broke up demonstrations by opposition movements and civil society groups in Chad's capital N'Djamena Saturday,...
Tunisia counts its losses from the Jasmine Revolution
Tunisia's government has finally given an official toll of 129 dead and 634 injured in its 2011 revolution, in what an...
Algeria: Hirak movement strengthens, Algerians confirm disconnect with regime
[Photo by Le Mating]- Thousands protested in Algiers Friday to demand press freedom and judicial independence, as the...
Libya: Women making modest progress in politics but glass ceiling still strong
By Hamza Mekouar and Jihad Dorgham: Libya's new government includes five women, with two in key portfolios -- a first...
Libya: More evidence that new PM Dbeibah may have been elected in exchange for large cash bribes
At least three participants in UN-led Libya peace talks held in Tunisia in November were offered bribes to vote for a...
Libya headed toward normalcy as Tunisian president visits Tripoli after a nine-year break
Tunisia's President Kais Saied is to travel to Libya Wednesday for the first visit by a head of state between the...
Libya: Transition continues with new government taking over western Libya’s structures
Libya's Fayez al-Sarraj, outgoing head of the western-based Government of National Accord, formally handed over power...
Algerians reject regime’s political roadmap, insist on deep reforms and no status quo
Video: 12 March 2021 protest in Algiers Protesters demanding the end of the military regime, call generals "traitors"...
Algeria’s early legislative elections set for 12 June
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday issued a decree setting June 12 for early legislative elections...
Libya has a unity government, looks for return to stability
By Hamza Mekouar - Libya's parliament on Wednesday approved a unity government to lead the war-ravaged North African...
Algeria: Protest movement enters third week of rallies as students maintain their Tuesday marches
Hundreds of students and pro-democracy supporters demonstrated in Algiers Tuesday as a revived protest movement enters...
Algeria: Momentum builds for pro-democracy Hirak movement, Algerians insist on end of regime
UN urges Algeria to stop attacks on protesters The United Nations on Friday voiced concern about an increasing...
Morocco: Germany summons Moroccan envoy over Rabat’s anger on the Western Sahara and Libya
The German government said Wednesday it had called in the Moroccan ambassador in Berlin for "urgent" talks, after...
Algeria: Students resume their anti-regime Hirak movement, with Tuesday rallies
Some 2,000 Algerians, mostly students, rallied against the government Tuesday in defiance of lockdown measures, as...
Chad: Opposition leader Saleh Kebzabo withdraws from presidential elections as dictator Deby ups intimidation against opposition
[Photo: Saleh Kebzabo] - Chad's main opposition figure, Saleh Kebzabo, on Monday announced he was withdrawing from the...
Tunisia: Street protests and political standoff in Tunisia
Tunisia's main parliamentary bloc Ennahdha rallied thousands of people Saturday in a demonstration of support for the...
Algeria’s anti-regime Hirak movement is back
Thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets across Algeria on Friday, as the "Hirak" pro-democracy...
Libya PM Dbeibah pledges unity, faces major challenges in forming government
By Rim Taher - Libya's prime minister-designate Abdul Hamid Dbeibah on Thursday said he had submitted a "vision" for...
Sahel: Profile of Niger’s new president, Mohamed Bazoum
By Boureima Hama - Mohamed Bazoum, named the winner of Niger's presidential election, worked for years as the...
Niger: Former interior minister wins presidential elections, violence ensues
By Amaury Hauchard - Former interior minister Mohamed Bazoum won Niger's presidential elections, according to...
Algerians take back their streets, reaffirm illegitimacy of Tebboune regime
By Abdelhafid Daamache - Thousands marched in Algeria's capital and other cities Monday to mark the second...
Libya: Interior minister Fathi Bashagha escapes assassination attempt
The powerful interior minister of Libya's unity government survived an assassination attempt Sunday, an aide said,...
Algeria: President maintains PM and hardliner Justice Minister, signaling unwillingness to reform government
(Photo: Ultra-hardliner Justice Minister Belkacem Zeghmati) - Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced a...
Algeria’s president announces upcoming release of political prisoners, early elections
By Amal Belalloufi and Philippe Agret - Algerian President Abdelmadjid declared pardons for jailed anti-government...
Libya: As focus shifts away from him, warlord Haftar claims his support to new leadership
Libya's eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar offered his backing Thursday for a peace process that seeks to end a decade...
Sahel: Political life in Chad heats up ahead of October presidential election
Fifteen parties in Chad's fragmented opposition said on Tuesday that they had named a single candidate to contest...
Libya: Despite presence of Russian mercenaries, Moscow says ready to work with new Libyan leadership
Moscow is prepared for "constructive" work with Libya's newly selected interim leaders, the Russian foreign ministry...
Libya: The new leaders have less than one year to normalize Libya
Who is Libya’s new Interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah? Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, Libya's newly elected interim...
Libyan delegates pick Abdulhamid Mohammed Dbeibah as transitional prime minister
By Robin Millard with Rim Taher in Tripoli - Libyan delegates at UN-facilitated talks outside Geneva on Friday made...
The Amazigh people of Libya struggling for recognition
Amid increasing violence between two rival factions, the country’s biggest indigenous people get set for an uncertain...
Burkina Faso Prime Minister proposing to negotiate with insurgents
Burkina Faso Prime Minister Christophe Dabire on Thursday floated the idea of negotiations with jihadist groups, an...
Sahel: Chad opposition parties coalesce against autocratic ruler Deby in upcoming election
Twelve opposition parties in Chad say they will field a joint candidate against Idriss Deby Itno, who has been in...
Chad regime bans protest before announcing candidacy of autocrat Idriss Deby
Chad's government has barred the opposition from staging protests ahead of an expected announcement by President...
Algeria: Court upholds long-prison terms of disgraced former Prime Ministers Ouyahia and Sellal
A court in the Algerian capital on Thursday upheld hefty prison sentences against two former prime ministers who...
Sahel: Mali claims it ended military junta rule
Mali has officially disbanded its military junta, according to a government decree seen by AFP on Tuesday, more than...
Tunisia: Death of protester in Sousse reignites unrest as PM proposes new cabinet
Man hit by teargas canister in Sousse dies Protesters clashed with police in the central Tunisian town of Sbeitla on...
Egypt: Unsolved murder of Giulio Regeni continues to irk Italy
Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Monday urged Egypt to cooperate with prosecutors seeking to try four Egyptian...
Libya: Russian and other foreign mercenaries still active in Libya
Foreign forces ignored a deadline to pull out of Libya as scheduled Saturday under a UN-backed ceasefire deal,...