Algerian opposition and pro-democracy lawyer Zoubida Assoul has announced that she will run for the presidential...
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War in Gaza forces former Middle East foes to seek reconciliation
By Mondafrique: The war in Gaza is forcing feuding States in the Middle East and in the Gulf to seek the path of...
Algeria-Morocco Competition for Regional Influence Shifts to Economic Affairs
Opinion By Arezki Daoud: Up until now, enemy brothers, Algeria and Morocco have been trying to impress and disrupt...
Algerian president begins Russia visit
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune headed to Russia Tuesday for a three-day state visit at the invitation of...
Egypt’s regime intensifies repression, kills any hope of political stability
@arezkid #Egypt: “#Chicken feet are good for you and your budget”: #1country1minute ♬ Soft One month into a...
Libya: UN wants to secure elections in Libya, to put pressure on rival groups
The United Nations said Thursday it would work towards helping Libya's rival factions agree on contested points...
Libya: Can Libya’s rival politicians and their foreign backers finally agree on a stabilization plan?
Envoys of rival Libyan factions have agreed on the legal steps to hold much delayed presidential and legislative...
Burkina Faso junta likely to delay return to civilian rule, rejects talks with insurgents
Photo: PM Apollinaire Joachim Kyélem de Tambèla: Burkina Faso's prime minister on Tuesday ruled out negotiations with...
Libya: Ousting of Bashagha signals possible path to reconciliation
Arezki’s Opinion By Rim Taher: Oil-rich but war-scarred Libya has for years been ruled by two rival governments, but...
Mauritania: Ruling party wins legislative and local elections, opposition claims “massive fraud”
Mauritania Elections By Hademine Ould Sadi: The ruling party in Mauritania scored a comfortable victory in last week's...
Algerian regime arrests businessman Isaad Rebrab, lengthens prison term of opposition figure to eliminate competition to president’s second term
Photo: Algeria's richest man, Isaad Rebrab- The appeal trial of Ali Ghediri on May 16 and 17 ended with an increase of...
Tunisia: Senior opposition figure Rached Ghannouchi gets one year in prison, as president moves to authoritarianism
The Tunisian Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party on Tuesday condemned the one-year prison sentence handed to its leader...
Libya: Fathi Bashagha, rival prime minister, ousted by eastern parliament
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Sudan: As military-men fight over power, Khartoum falls into chaos
Thousands of residents on Wednesday fled Sudan's capital, where witnesses said bodies lay in the street from fighting...
Tunisia wants more help from Europe, despite worrying policies of President Saied
Tunisia on Monday called for "constructive discourse" from the European Union after a string of leaders warned the...
Mali regime to miss deadline to return to civilian rule, postpones constitutional referendum
Mali's ruling junta will postpone a constitutional referendum but maintain a previously agreed timeline to return to...
Tunisia: President dissolves elected municipal councils
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday moved to dissolve the country's elected municipal councils, seen as a key...
Libya: New hopes of presidential and legislative elections in Libya this year.
The UN envoy to Libya on Monday announced a push to help the country organize presidential and legislative elections...
Tunisia: Police call head of dissolved opposition party Ennahdha for more questioning
The head of Tunisia's dissolved parliament is facing a new police inquiry, his Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party said...
Tunisia foreign minister Othman Jerandi fired
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday fired the country's top diplomat -- the fourth minister to lose his post this...
Tunisia: Government of Kais Saied now targets trade union leaders
A powerful Tunisian trade union Wednesday condemned the arrest of one of its top officials, saying it was linked to...
Sahel: France-Burkina Faso’s diplomatic crisis accelerates
By Delphine Touitou: France said on Thursday that it was recalling its ambassador from Burkina Faso "for...
Algeria: Opposition figure Rachid Nekkaz freed from prison after he allegedly vowed to quit politics
An Algerian businessman and activist imprisoned for urging a boycott of the country's 2019 presidential election was...
Tunisia: President faces public discontent over economy
Thousands of Tunisians marched Saturday in the capital to protest against President Kais Saied, whom they accuse of...
Sahel: Mali avoids escalating regional crisis by pardoning jailed Ivorian soldiers
Mali's junta leader on Friday pardoned all 49 Ivorian soldiers whose arrest in July triggered a bitter diplomatic row,...
Tunisia: President on the offensive to eliminate the opposition
The main coalition against Tunisian President Kais Saied said Tuesday his administration was using the judiciary to...
Tunisia: Political crisis worsens with arrest of former PM Laarayedh
Tunisian police have arrested former prime minister Ali Laarayedh, his Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party said Tuesday,...
Tunisia: President faces turmoil after election turnout fell below 9%
By Kaouther Larbi and Francoise Kadri: Tunisia plunged into political uncertainty Sunday as its main opposition...
Morocco annoyed by South Africa’s continued backing of Western Sahara’s independence
Morocco on Thursday blasted what it called Pretoria's "gesticulations and agitations" over the disputed territory of...
Analysis: Maghreb Nations’ positions in the Russian War in Ukraine ($)
Analysis by Arezki Daoud: Have you even wondered what position smaller countries in the world have taken in regard to...
Burkina Faso coup leader Ibrahim Traore crows himself country’s president
Captain Ibrahim Traore was appointed as president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday, according to an official statement,...
Sahel: Anti-France protestors brandish Russian flags in Ouagadougou
By Armel Baily and Amaury Hauchard: Several dozen protestors waving Russian flags rallied in Burkina Faso's capital...
Burkina Faso: Deposed junta leader Colonel Damiba steps down, flees to Togo
By Olympia de Maismont with Pierre Donadieu in Abidjan: Burkina Faso's junta leader agreed to step down on Sunday,...
Sahel: Burkina Faso coup leader removed by another coup
By Olympia de Maismont with Pierre Donadieu in Abidjan: Security forces fired tear gas to disperse angry protesters...
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,...
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: Opposition announces boycott of upcoming legislative elections
Tunisia's main opposition alliance said Wednesday its members including the once-powerful Ennahdha party would boycott...
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...
Libya in turmoil again as tensions escalate
The United Nations on Tuesday voiced "deep concern" over growing tensions between rival Libyan forces, calling for...
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...
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...
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-Spain relations thrown into disarray after Madrid ended its neutrality on the Western Sahara
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: With Algeria supplying 40% of Spain's gas consumption and providing lucrative export market...