By Arezki Daoud: A surge in jihadist violence has rocked the Sahel region through late September and early October...
By Arezki Daoud: A surge in jihadist violence has rocked the Sahel region through late September and early October...
North Africa is facing an acute mental health challenge, with three of its countries—Tunisia, Morocco, and...
Algeria’s draft finance law for 2026 marks a significant increase in public expenditure, with total spending projected...
Bamako, June 25, 2020 (By Amaury Hauchard and Laurent Lozano) - Mali's government is facing a rising wave of protests,...
"Here, I don't exist -- I die little by little. My only hope is to leave for Europe." Algiers, June 25, 2020 (By Amal...
Rabat, June 24, 2020 - Moroccan police said they arrested 11 people Tuesday for "illegal abortions" in the kingdom,...
Tunis, June 24, 2020 - A protest leader in southern Tunisia was released Wednesday, a lawyer said, four days after his...
(Photo: Hardliner Justice Minister Zaghmati maintained in post) Late on Tuesday, the Algerian presidency announced a...
Ouagadougou, June 23, 2020 - Burkina Faso's security forces said on Tuesday they had destroyed two jihadist bases in...
United Nations, United States, June 22, 2020 - The UN said Monday the "last thing" Libya needs is more conflict on its...
Cairo, June 23, 2020 - Egypt will partially reopen cafes, restaurants, places of worship, cinemas and sporting clubs...
Kuala Lumpur, June 23, 2020 - Muslims expressed disappointment Tuesday at Saudi Arabia's decision to scale back this...
Algiers, June 23, 2020 - Five people were sentenced Tuesday in Algeria to between six months and a year behind bars...
Niamey, June 23, 2020 - Niger's state prosecutor on Tuesday reported evidence of fraud and other crimes in a military...
Jerusalem, June 22, 2020 - Amnesty International said Monday that software developed by Israeli security firm NSO...
Niamey, June 22, 2020 - Clashes between rival drug runners left at least 10 dead last week in northern Niger near the...
Tripoli, June 21, 2020 - Libya's UN-recognised Government of National Accord on Sunday denounced Egypt's warning of...
Tataouine, Tunisia, June 21, 2020 - Protesters demanding jobs in Tunisia's energy sector blocked roads with blazing...
Algiers, June 21, 2020 - An Algerian soldier was killed during a clash with armed Islamists in the central region of...
Rabat, June 19, 2020 - Morocco reported on Friday its highest number of confirmed novel coronavirus infections in a...
Rome, June 19, 2020 - Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has accepted the blame for a failure to extract answers from Egypt...
Bamako, June 19, 2020 (By Amaury Hauchard, Serge Daniel and Kassim Traore) - Tens of thousands of people rallied in...
Rome, June 17, 2020 - The German NGO Sea Watch rescued around 100 migrants off of Libya on Wednesday, saying the...
Bamako, June 17, 2020 (By Kassim Traore) - Malian opposition leader Mahmoud Dicko on Wednesday urged people to protest...
By Abdellah Cheballah - Could Algeria soon send troops from its army, the pillar of the regime, to join peace-keeping...
Morocco's navy "rescued" nearly 100 migrants from several boats in the Mediterranean, the country's official MAP news...
By Giorgio Cafiero (@GulfStateAnalyt) and Aicha El Alaoui: Over the past ten years, Gulf states—chiefly Qatar, Saudi...
Egypt said Saturday that tripartite talks with Ethiopia and Sudan over a controversial mega-dam on the River Nile were...
Abidjan, June 12, 2020 - Human Rights Watch on Friday described as a "war crime" the summary execution of two alleged...
Bamako, June 14, 2020 - Gunmen have killed two UN peacekeepers in a region of northwestern Mali wracked by jihadist...
Bamako, June 14, 2020 - Mali's beleaguered President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, made overtures on Sunday to the...
Bamako, June 15, 2020 - Around 40 Malian troops were dead or listed as missing after their convoy was ambushed in...
Egypt will extend a night-time curfew by a further two weeks in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus,...
Algiers, June 14, 2020 - Algerian authorities on Sunday arrested three activists from the "Hirak" protest movement, a...
Rome, June 12, 2020 (By Ljubomir Milasin) - Italy has given a green light to the sale of two warships to Egypt, news...
Korhogo, Ivory Coast, June 11, 2020 - Dozens of suspected jihadists attacked a frontier post on Ivory Coast's border...
Update: Tunis, June 11, 2020 - More than 50 people, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, died when a boat carrying...
Tripoli, June 10, 2020 - Landmine blasts killed at least seven people including civilians on the edges of Libya's...
Bamako, June 10, 2020 - Amnesty International on Wednesday accused armies in Africa's sprawling Sahel region of...
Cairo, June 10, 2020 - Hotels have ramped up hygiene, archaeological sites have been sanitised and beaches cleaned up...
Paris, June 10, 2020 - A Paris appeals court will rule in September on a legal challenge by ex-president Nicolas...
N'Djamena, June 9, 2020 - Chad's repeatedly delayed legislative elections set for December this year have been...
Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis as of 7 June 2020. More than 400,000 deaths The pandemic...