Shield and Alert: Maghreb Bound

At least 150 people were killed (North Africa Journal editors' note: count likely to reach or exceed 2,000) when freak floods hit eastern Libya, officials said Monday, after storm Daniel swept the Mediterranean, its torrential rains earlier lashing Turkey, Bulgaria...

By Delphine Touitou: France is insisting that the reluctance of Morocco to accept French offers of aid in the wake of Friday's devastating quake does not represent a snub, even if it comes at a time of growing tensions between Rabat and the former colonial power....

Testimonies from residents By Kaouthar Oudrhihi with Anne-Sophie Labadie in Amizmiz: Moroccan rescuers supported by newly-arrived foreign teams on Monday faced an intensifying race against time to dig out any survivors from the rubble of mountain villages, on the...