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Shield and Alert: Maghreb Bound
Southern Libya Boils Over: Three Haftar Soldiers Killed in Border Raid Near Niger
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Tunisia Appeals Court Extends Rached Ghannouchi’s Prison Term by 20 Years
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Tunisian journalists questioned by police over comments on security forces
Dozens of journalists protested Monday in front of a Tunis police station after two of their colleagues had been taken...
Tunisia arrests two students for a song critical to police, then releases them under presidential pressure
A Tunisian court on Thursday released two students arrested earlier this week for a song criticising police, shortly...
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...
Tunisian president evokes ‘tolerance’ after synagogue attack
Tunisian President Kais Saied has hosted Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders following a deadly mass shooting outside...
Migrations: Nine migrants die in west Tunisia, as number of migrants crossing the Med Sea increased 300% in first quarter
The bodies of nine migrants from sub-Saharan African countries have been found in western Tunisia, near the border...
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...
Tunisia pushes for more judicial harassment against the media, arrests journalist Khalifa Guesmi
A Tunisian appeals court has handed a five-year jail term to a radio journalist for disclosing information about the...
Libya: Fathi Bashagha, rival prime minister, ousted by eastern parliament
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Libyan forces intervene to halt deadly clashes between rival militias
Algeria says army officer killed in clash with Islamists
An Algerian army officer has been killed in a clash with suspected Islamists during an operation southwest of the...
Tunisia: Five killed in terror attack on Jewish community in Djerba
Tunisia: UGTT union chief rejects talks with IMF in fear of tough austerity measures
Tunisia's largest union on Monday attacked the government's handling of negotiations with the IMF on a loan to bail...
Tunisian court orders detention of leading Islamist opposition figure Ghannouchi
Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has been remanded in custody following his arrest earlier this week, his...
Morocco ups campaign to capture more migrants crossing seas
Morocco's navy has intercepted 552 migrants attempting to reach Europe over 10 days in both the Atlantic Ocean and...
Fifteen Tunisian migrants missing in Mediterranean
Fifteen Tunisian migrants are missing after their boat sank in the Mediterranean during an attempt to reach Europe,...
Tunisia: Profile of jailed opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi
Islamist-inspired Ennahdha opposition party arrested on Monday, once towered over Tunisia's politics but many now...
Libyan authorities are cracking down on civil society groups
Libyan authorities have imposed "severe restrictions" on local and international civil society groups, obstructing...
Tunisia arrests opposition leader Ghannouchi, shuts offices of Ennahdha party
Tunisian authorities closed the offices of Islamist-inspired opposition party Ennahdha on Tuesday, a day after...
Algeria passes law further curbing press freedom
Algeria's parliament on Thursday passed a law further restricting press freedom in the North African country by...
Migrations: 32 migrants perish off the coast of Tunisia
The death toll after a boat carrying sub-Saharan migrants sank off Tunisia this week rose to 32 on Friday after...
Morocco arrests 70 migrants for attempting to enter Spanish enclave
Moroccan security forces on Friday foiled an attempt by 150 sub-Saharan African migrants to reach the Spanish enclave...
Tunisia: Football star Nizar Issaoui sets himself alight to protest police brutality
A professional footballer in Tunisia has died after setting himself alight earlier this week in what he called a...
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...
Morocco’s conundrum: deepening alliance with Israel’s ultra-nationalist government vs. supporting the Palestinian cause,
By Philippe Agret: Morocco is struggling to balance its alliance with Israel with support for the domestically popular...
Tunisia: Growing concern in Washington over Tunisia’s political and economic struggles
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Wednesday that Tunisia urgently needs to reach a deal with the IMF, adding...
Migrations: Five migrants die off the coast of Tunisia, Algeria disbands smuggling gang
Five migrants from sub-Saharan Africa drowned and another 28 were missing Wednesday after their boat capsized off...
10 dead after Moroccan fishing boat sinks off Western Sahara
At least 10 fishermen drowned Tuesday when a Moroccan trawler sank in the Atlantic off the coast of disputed Western...
Tunisia’s interior minister Taoufik Charfeddine resigns
Tunisian interior minister Taoufik Charfeddine, a close aide of President Kais Saied, announced Friday he had resigned...
Libya recovers previously missing 2 tons of uranium
More than two tonnes of natural uranium reported missing by the UN's nuclear watchdog in war-scarred Libya have been...
Tunisia: European Parliament lashes out at Tunisian president over his “authoritarian drift”
The European Parliament on Thursday decried Tunisian President Kais Saied's "authoritarian drift" and called for the...
Algeria: MSF criticizes Algeria for mistreatment of migrants
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) denounced Thursday the "abandon" of thousands of migrants expelled by Algeria into...
Moroccan police announce arrest of three suspected militants
Tunisia arrests spokesman of moderate Islamist party Ennahdha
European Union to enact new lobbying measures in the aftermath of Qatargate
Tunisia now has a rubber-stamping parliament
Morocco’s stance on Israel-Palestinian conflict creates rift between monarchy and opposition party
Algeria: Trial of independent journalist Ihasane El-Kadi starts on Sunday
Jailed Algerian journalist Ihsane El Kadi, accused of illegal fundraising, will remain silent during his trial which...
Rome and Rabat in talks to extradite thousands of Moroccans jailed in Italy
Italy is asking Morocco to repatriate some 3,500 Moroccan inmates imprisoned in Italian prisons. Among the inmates...
Maghreb competition: The ridiculous debate over who should claim ownership of the Haiek veil
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: Competition between the regimes of Algeria and Morocco has gone mainstream. Now Algerians and...
Algeria: The strange phenomenon of syringe attacks on children worry parents in Algeria
There have been several cases of people attacked by syringe in Algeria. The latest case is that of child injured by a...