Thousands of supporters of Tunisia’s president gathered in central Tunis this week in a show of political support that...
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Algeria to Introduce Digital Passport Renewal for Citizens Living Abroad
Algerian authorities are preparing to roll out an online passport renewal system for citizens living overseas, with...
Migration: 17 Migrants, Mostly Egyptians, Lost at Sea on the Road to Greece
Fourteen Egyptians have been confirmed dead after an irregular migrant boat capsized on the way to Greece, the latest...
Morocco: Social protests erupt in Morocco
Protesters turned out in force to march in Morocco's capital Rabat Sunday to denounce the "high cost of living and...
Egypt: Lawyers, pharmacists, doctors angry at new electronic invoicing system
In a rare public show of protest in Egypt, "thousands of lawyers" staged a demonstration at their union in central...
Mali: Joliba TV resumes broadcasting after two month suspension by junta
Mali's communications authority said Thursday it had lifted the suspension of one of the Sahel country's main news...
Algeria’s Rai music is now on the UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list
Raucous, expressive and revolutionary: Algeria's Rai music took its place on the United Nations' list of intangible...
European plane maker Airbus to pay less than 16 mil. euro to avoid corruption probe
A French judge on Wednesday allowed European aerospace firm Airbus to pay 15.9 million euros ($16.4 million) to avoid...
Tunisia: Harissa chili paste gets UNESCO heritage status
UNESCO on Thursday added Tunisia's spicy national condiment Harissa to its list of intangible cultural heritage,...
Algeria sentences stunning number of people to death over forest fires
An Algerian court Thursday sentenced 49 people to death over the lynching of a man falsely accused of starting deadly...
Sahel: Insurgents make major gains in northeast Mali
By Amaury Hauchard Jihadists aligned with the Islamic State group are advancing in northeastern Mali, prompting...
Tunisia: Government accuses opposition party Ennahdha of sending fighters to Iraq and Syria
The speaker of Tunisia's dissolved parliament appeared on Monday before a judge investigating accusations his party...
UNESCO set to give Algerian Rai music and Tunisian Harissa heritage status
The French baguette, Algerian Rai music and Tunisia's harissa condiment are among this year's contenders for...
Sahel: Lawyers in Chad to boycott trials of hundreds of anti-government protesters
Lawyers in Chad have vowed to stop work during a mass trial, due to start Tuesday, of more than 400 people detained...
Tunisia: Dozen policemen get only 2 years in prison in case involving death of young man
Twelve Tunisian policemen were jailed for two years Thursday for manslaughter in the case of a 19-year-old football...
Morocco: Two million captagon pills seized in port of Tangier
Moroccan authorities Friday seized more than two million amphetamine-type captagon pills, foiling an "international...
Sahel: Six arrested and massive protest in Mali over video deemed anti-Islamic
Thousands of demonstrators thronged Mali's capital Bamako on Friday to protest the publication of a video on social...
Sahel: Conflict in Sahel spills over Togo with thousands of displaced by violence
More than 4,000 people have been displaced this year in northern Togo after the security climate worsened following...
Human Rights: Saudi Arabia jails Tunisian midwife for a retweet
The sister of a Tunisian woman jailed by Saudi Arabia for retweeting a post about Lebanon's Hezbollah movement on...
Western Sahara: As conflict persists, UN urges new talks
The UN Security Council called Thursday on the parties to the conflict over the disputed Western Sahara to resume...
Morocco: Gang of human smugglers arrested in Nador
Morocco arrests 32 migrants trying to reach Spain Moroccan police on Friday arrested 32 migrants as they tried to set...
Sahel: Rights watchdog urges independent probe into Chad deaths
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Chad to let outside investigators probe clashes last week between security forces...
Sahel: Deadly year for northern Mali
Armed groups affiliated with the Islamic State group have massacred hundreds of people in northeast Mali this year,...
Energy: Italian companies make new gains in Algeria’s gas infrastructure sector
Algeria's national petrochemicals firm Sonatrach said Thursday it had signed deals worth around $600 million with...
Egyptians expect more hardship as Cairo gets $3 billion loan from IMF. Currency value plunges 17%
Egypt has clinched a $3 billion loan deal with the International Monetary Fund conditioned on a currency depreciation...
Major rift between Africa and west over Russia’s war on Ukraine
France urges Africa to break its neutrality in Russia-Ukraine conflict France is calling on African nations to show...
Tunisia: Company offering divorce service under attack for “undermining family values”
Tunisia's bar association claimed Monday a company offering a three-step pathway to divorce undermines family values,...
Sahel: US concerned about worsening crisis in Mali, blames Russia’s Wagner Group
By Portia Crowe Mali's security situation has become "significantly worse" due to the ruling junta's choices,...
Tunisia wants toddler migrant back after she reached Italy without parents
Tunisia said Wednesday it plans to repatriate a four-year-old girl who reached Italy aboard a boat with other...
Burkina Faso announces new government
Burkina Faso's new government on Wednesday declared its top priority would be to secure the nation's territory, after...
Algeria continues to attack journalists and free speech
Algerian court hands over death sentence to exiled journalist for publishing “fake” and “confidential” information...
Egypt releases activist Zyad el-Elaimy as it prepares to host global climate conference
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned a former parliamentarian, lawyer and key activist from the 2011...
Morocco: Protest in Rabat over economic hardship
A trade union close to the main Moroccan Islamist party on Sunday mobilised several hundred supporters in the capital...
Sahel: Insurgents strike in Banibangou Niger, kill dozen civilians
A suspected jihadist attack on three lorries and a motorcycle in western Niger near the border with Mali killed 11...
Saudi crown prince MBS may not attend Arab League summit due to “ear condition”
Doctors have advised Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince not to travel to Algiers for a summit because of an ear...
Egypt’s newest prisons considered “cruel and inhuman” by rights activists
One of Egypt's newest prisons, presented as a model by authorities, has only replicated "cruel and inhuman conditions"...
French cement giant Lafarge accused of supporting “terror groups”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he warned France about the cement company Lafarge's ties to terror...
Migration: Three-year old girl from Tunisia reaches Italy on migrant boat, without parents
A Tunisian toddler aged just three has reached Italy aboard a boat with other irregular migrants, but without her...
Morocco: Spanish court OKs deportation of alleged Salafist personality to Morocco
A court in Spain has approved the deportation of Moroccan Muslim activist, who is accused of being one of the "main...
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...
Sahel: 50 civilians killed in anti-junta protests in Chad
Djimet Wiche: Tensions eased in Chad on Friday following a day of unprecedented violence at protests that left around...
Tunisia: Hundreds of migrants intercepted in Tunisia, others arrested for human smuggling
Tunisian authorities said on Friday they had intercepted more than 800 people making clandestine attempts to reach...
Tunisian bakers strike over unpaid subsidies
Thousands of Tunisian bakers staged a strike Wednesday to demand that the state pay up overdue subsidies, but...













