Shield and Alert: Maghreb Bound

At least 34 people were killed when an Algerian passenger bus collided head-on with a commercial vehicle and burst into flames in the country's southern desert Wednesday, officials said. One of the North African country's deadliest road crashes in years also left 12...

Morocco's navy has rescued more than 800 would-be migrants and recovered one body since early last week, state media reported Tuesday, as attempts to reach Spain increase. Morocco in northwest Africa is a transit country for many migrants trying to get to Europe via...

By Aymen Jamli and Francoise Kadri: The bodies of two migrants have been found in a desert region near Tunisia's border with Algeria, a judicial official and a witness said on Tuesday. Hundreds of migrants from sub-Saharan countries have fled or been forced out of...