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Franco-Algerian relations set to worsen over planned military maneuvers in Morocco
On 6 March 2025, Algeria summoned French Ambassador Stéphane Romatet to convey its opposition to the planned...
Tunisia: Opposition Politicians and Journalists Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms
Tunisian president Kais Saied continues to crack down on the opposition and has...
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...
Algeria suspends treaty of friendship with Spain over Western Sahara
By Abdellah Cheballah Algeria said Wednesday it was suspending a decades-old co-operation treaty with Spain, after...
Tunisia: More political drama in Tunis as president fires dozens of judges
By Aymen Jamli Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday sacked 57 judges accused of corruption and other crimes,...
Tunisia: New alliance to oppose power grab by President Saied
A crowd estimated at more than 2,000, lower than expected, took part Sunday in the first demonstration of a new...
Tunisia: Protest in Tunis over president’s “power grab” as economy worsens
Thousands of Tunisian opposition supporters demonstrated Sunday in the capital against President Kais Saied's power...
Libyan oil company dragged into political feuds
Five Western nations urged Libyans on Friday not to drag the National Oil Corporation into political disputes that...
Libya: Concerts and fireworks planned in Libya to celebrate 11th anniversary of Kaddafi’s fall
By Hamza Mekouar Libyans on Thursday mark 11 years since the revolt that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi, but the...
Libya now has two prime ministers: expect fresh violence ahead
Libya since Kadhafi: a decade of civil war and chaos With Libya now having two rival prime ministers, this is a...
Libya: Rising tensions over premiership in Libya: PM defies attempts to oust him
Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah on Tuesday defied attempts by parliament to replace him, setting up...
Tunisia: President Saied under pressure to restore Supreme Judicial Council
Western envoys to Tunisia and the UN rights chief urged President Kais Saied on Tuesday to restore a key judicial...
Tunisia’s president continues to degrade government, dissolves judicial watchdog
By Aymen Jamli and Francoise Kadri Tunisian President Kais Saied on Sunday dissolved a top independent judicial...
Sahel: Mali leaders want more power
Mali's military-dominated authorities on Saturday published a bill designed to further shore up the powers of junta...
Libya: Parliament speaker Aguila Saleh calls for new government
Libya's parliamentary speaker called Monday for a new interim government to be established in the capital Tripoli,...
Dirty politics: Scandal in Algeria after ex-private secretary of late army chief accuses current chief of drug and arms trafficking
On Sunday, 9 January 2022, Guermit Bounouira, former private secretary of the late army chief General Ahmed Gaïd...
Sahel: Political impasse in Mali as opposition groups and junta disagree on transition details
A major coalition of Malian political parties on Sunday rejected the military-dominated government's plan for a...
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,...
Libya: The resurrected old demons: Seif al-Islam Kadhafi to run for president
Seif al-Islam Kadhafi: Profile of a criminal who wants to be president Seif al-Islam, the son of slain Libyan dictator...
Tunisian regime starting to use judicial harassment to attack critics
A Tunisian judge on Thursday issued an international warrant to summon Paris-based former president Moncef Marzouki...
Tunisia: Nabil Karoui’s problems escalate after government closes Nessma TV
Tunisia's media authority on Wednesday ordered the closure of Nessma TV channel founded by defeated presidential...
Sahel: Mali expels ECOWAS representative
Mali's interim government has expelled the representative of West African bloc ECOWAS from the conflict-ridden and...
Tunisia: President Saied annoyed by the opposition abroad, calls them traitors
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday accused unnamed politicians of using refuge overseas to "plot" against the...