Shield and Alert: Maghreb Bound

Morocco and Spain arrest two people they say are supporters of Islamic StateF

Police in Morocco and Spain said on Wednesday two people have been arrested in a joint operation by both countries' security services targeting "terrorists". An Islamic State jihadist group supporter "active between Morocco and Spain", was arrested Wednesday by...

Morocco: Navy rescues 800 migrants trying to get to SpainF

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...

Migrants: Appalling treatment of migrants by North African governments continuesF

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...

Tunisia: Witnesses report abusive acts against migrantsF

Hundreds of African migrants were stranded in dire conditions in a desert area of southern Tunisia on Thursday after being expelled from the port city of Sfax, witnesses told AFP. Racial tensions flared this week into violence targeting migrants from sub-Saharan...

Libya: Ancient Greco-Roman city of Cyrene faces risk of collapseF

Libya: Ancient Greco-Roman city of Cyrene faces risk of collapseF

Sep 20, 2023

Floods that killed thousands in the Libyan city of Derna also inundated one of the country's premier ancient sites,...

Libya: Incompetent eastern authorities tighten control on media, block communications accessF

Sep 20, 2023

Communications were severed Tuesday to the flood-hit Libyan city of Derna and journalists were asked to leave, a day...

Week after quake hit Morocco, survivors worry about dire hygiene conditionsF

Sep 19, 2023

By Anne-Sophie Labadie: In her earthquake-hit Moroccan town, Zina Mechghazzi has improvised a sink by placing a pink...

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