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Libya Refutes ‘Best Option’ Claim for Gaza DisplacementF

Libya has firmly rejected reports suggesting it as a potential destination for resettling Gaza residents, calling the claims baseless.

Tunisia’s Opposition Faces Mounting Legal PressureF

A Tunis court fined Abir Moussi, leader of the Free Destourian Party (PDL), for defamation, while the Ennahdha movement renewed calls for the release of political detainees. Additionally, the detention of Popular Republican Union (UPR) leader Lotfi Mraihi was extended by four months.

Morocco Busts ‘Lions of the Caliphate’ Terror Cell After Yearlong ProbeF

Moroccan security services arrested 12 operatives of the so-called “Lions of the Caliphate in the Maghreb Al-Aqsa” after a yearlong investigation. Authorities say the terror cell, linked to Daesh in the Sahel, had a weapons cache in Errachidia and planned attacks in Morocco.

Algeria Opens First of Five Seawater Desalination Plants to Combat Water ShortagesF

Algeria has inaugurated the first of five planned seawater desalination plants in Cap-Blanc, Oran, as part of an emergency initiative to address severe water stress and the future impacts of climate change.

Morocco: Youth-Led Protests Spur Police Crackdown Across Moroccan Cities$

Sep 30, 2025

A wave of youth-driven demonstrations swept through Morocco over the past several nights, with rallies unfolding in at...

Mali: Diplomatic Rift Widens as France Expels Malian Envoys, Halts Counterterrorism Ties$

Sep 30, 2025

Tensions between Mali and France have escalated after Paris expelled two Malian diplomats and suspended joint...

Niger Dissolves Hundreds of Private Security Firms in Major Industry Overhaul$

Sep 30, 2025

Niger’s government has shuttered 400 private security companies by ministerial decree, implementing a sweeping...

Tunisia: Partial easing of lockdown measures revealedF

Tunisia: Partial easing of lockdown measures revealedF

May 1, 2020

Tunis, April 29, 2020 - Tunisian officials on Wednesday announced a partial easing of lockdown measures in place to...

Algerian authorities under international pressure to stop harassing journalists ($)F

Algerian authorities under international pressure to stop harassing journalists ($)F

May 1, 2020

April 30, 2020 - Several rights groups including Amnesty International urged Algerian authorities Thursday to free...

Egypt: Insurgents strike in north Sinai, kill 10 Egyptian troopsF

Egypt: Insurgents strike in north Sinai, kill 10 Egyptian troopsF

May 1, 2020

Cairo, April 30, 2020 - Egypt's army said on Thursday that 10 soldiers were either killed or wounded in a blast...

Sahel: Fire at Faladié refugee camp in Bamako, MaliF

Sahel: Fire at Faladié refugee camp in Bamako, MaliF

Apr 29, 2020

Bamako, April 28, 2020 - A fire on Tuesday destroyed much of the main camp for displaced people in Bamako, where more...

Egypt: Al-Sisi orders three-month renewal of state of emergencyF

Egypt: Al-Sisi orders three-month renewal of state of emergencyF

Apr 28, 2020

Cairo, April 28, 2020 - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday ordered the renewal for three months of a...

Egypt: 3D-printed face shields made in EgyptF

Egypt: 3D-printed face shields made in EgyptF

Apr 28, 2020

Cairo, April 28, 2020 (By Farid Farid) - Many healthcare workers in Egypt's threadbare hospital system must provide...

Sahel: Chad abolishes death penalty for terrorismF

Sahel: Chad abolishes death penalty for terrorismF

Apr 28, 2020

Chad on Tuesday abolished the death penalty for terrorist activities, Justice Minister Djimet Arabi told AFP. Chad had...

Tunisia taps into its tech resources to fight Covid-19F

Tunisia taps into its tech resources to fight Covid-19F

Apr 25, 2020

Tunis, April 25, 2020 (By Caroline Nelly Perrot) - The feared impact of coronavirus on Tunisia's fragile public health...

Sahel: Gunmen attack villages in Mali’s Mopti region, kill dozen civiliansF

Sahel: Gunmen attack villages in Mali’s Mopti region, kill dozen civiliansF

Apr 24, 2020

Bamako, April 23, 2020 - At least twelve people have been killed in an attack on several villages in central Mali, a...

Morocco: Covid-19 infections spread in Ouarzazate prisonF

Morocco: Covid-19 infections spread in Ouarzazate prisonF

Apr 24, 2020

Rabat, April 23, 2020 - More than 130 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in a southern Morocco prison on...

Morocco mobilizes military hospitals, braces for Covid-19 influxF

Morocco mobilizes military hospitals, braces for Covid-19 influxF

Apr 23, 2020

Rabat, April 17, 2020 - Morocco's army has mobilised all its resources to help the health system tackle the...

Egypt’s military propaganda initiative: sending medical aid to AmericaF

Egypt’s military propaganda initiative: sending medical aid to AmericaF

Apr 22, 2020

Washington, April 22, 2020 - Egypt on Tuesday flew a plane of medical supplies to the United States to assist in the...

Egypt accuses former lawmaker Zyad al-Elaimy of terrorismF

Egypt accuses former lawmaker Zyad al-Elaimy of terrorismF

Apr 21, 2020

Egypt added on Saturday 13 people, including former lawmaker Zyad al-Elaimy, on the country's "terrorism list" for...

Sahel: After Chad captured 58 Boko Haram suspects, 44 die mysteriouslyF

Sahel: After Chad captured 58 Boko Haram suspects, 44 die mysteriouslyF

Apr 21, 2020

By Ali Abba Kaya, Djimet Wiche, and Camille Malplat in Libreville: The deaths by apparent poisoning of 44 suspected...

Sahel: Extrajudicial killing of civilians in Burkina FasoF

Sahel: Extrajudicial killing of civilians in Burkina FasoF

Apr 21, 2020

Burkina Faso's security forces allegedly executed 31 unarmed detainees in the northern town of Djibo, Human Rights...

Tunisia sees progressive easing of confinement after 3 MayF

Tunisia sees progressive easing of confinement after 3 MayF

Apr 21, 2020

Tunisia's Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh has announced that a lockdown to fight the spread of coronavirus will be...

Africa: How to pay a country’s debt with cowsF

Africa: How to pay a country’s debt with cowsF

Apr 21, 2020

Angola has received a herd of more than 1,000 cattle from Chad, a government official said Monday, the latest shipment...

Sahel: Unrest in Niamey’s Lazaret neighborhood over curfewF

Sahel: Unrest in Niamey’s Lazaret neighborhood over curfewF

Apr 21, 2020

Niamey, April 20, 2020 - Clashes erupted in Niamey, the capital of the Sahel nation of Niger, over the government's...

Egypt: While fighting Covid-19, Egypt’s healthcare workers face public harassmentF

Egypt: While fighting Covid-19, Egypt’s healthcare workers face public harassmentF

Apr 21, 2020

Cairo, April 21, 2020 -By Menna Zaki: After showing symptoms similar to those of the coronavirus, Egyptian doctor...

Government of Algeria attacks Internet news sitesF

Government of Algeria attacks Internet news sitesF

Apr 20, 2020

April 20, 2020 - Algerian authorities have blocked a third online news website that covered the anti-government...

Africa reassesses its relations with China as Covid-19 exposes racial tensionsF

Africa reassesses its relations with China as Covid-19 exposes racial tensionsF

Apr 20, 2020

Abuja, April 14, 2020 (By Celia Lebur) - African countries are seething over accounts that Africans are battling...

Algerian diplomat Lamamra withdraw from UN Libya envoy considerationF

Algerian diplomat Lamamra withdraw from UN Libya envoy considerationF

Apr 20, 2020

Algerian former foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra on Thursday ruled himself out of becoming the next UN envoy to Libya,...

Algeria: Prisoners to make face masksF

Algeria: Prisoners to make face masksF

Apr 17, 2020

Algiers, April 17, 2020 - Inmates at 30 Algerian prisons are being mobilised to make personal protective equipment to...

Egypt: Insurgents strike in Cairo, killing one soldier and wounding othersF

Egypt: Insurgents strike in Cairo, killing one soldier and wounding othersF

Apr 15, 2020

Cairo, April 14, 2020 - An Egyptian policeman was killed and three others wounded in a shootout Tuesday with armed...

Algeria’s political police continue to arrest civilians for their opinionsF

Algeria’s political police continue to arrest civilians for their opinionsF

Apr 14, 2020

The fall of the notorious General Wassini Bouazza, former head of an equally notorious secret police, has done nothing...

Libya: Warlord Khalifa Haftar unleashes terror on Tripoli populationF

Libya: Warlord Khalifa Haftar unleashes terror on Tripoli populationF

Apr 14, 2020

Tripoli, April 14, 2020 - The forces of Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar rained rockets on the capital Tripoli...

Egypt: Policeman killed in shoot out with militants in CairoF

Egypt: Policeman killed in shoot out with militants in CairoF

Apr 14, 2020

Cairo, April 14, 2020 - An Egyptian policeman was killed and another wounded in a shootout Tuesday with armed...

Libya: Khalifa Haftar’s forces cut off water supply to Tripoli, millions of civilians at riskF

Libya: Khalifa Haftar’s forces cut off water supply to Tripoli, millions of civilians at riskF

Apr 13, 2020

Tripoli, April 11, 2020 - Water has been cut off to millions of Libyans living in and around the capital Tripoli, the...

Tragedy at sea: 85 migrants missing in the MediterraneanF

Tragedy at sea: 85 migrants missing in the MediterraneanF

Apr 13, 2020

Rome, April 12, 2020 - Europe's coast guard agency said Sunday it was looking for a dinghy believed to be carrying...

Morocco: Mass arrests for non-compliance with confinement rulesF

Morocco: Mass arrests for non-compliance with confinement rulesF

Apr 13, 2020

Rabat, April 13, 2020 - More than 4,300 people were arrested over the weekend in Morocco for breaching emergency rules...

Egypt: Covid-19′ new challenge: where to bury the deadF

Egypt: Covid-19′ new challenge: where to bury the deadF

Apr 13, 2020

Cairo, April 11, 2020 - Egyptian police arrested a dozen people and fired tear gas in a Nile Delta village Saturday,...

Algeria: Oil prices, virus, instability put Algeria on edgeF

Algeria: Oil prices, virus, instability put Algeria on edgeF

Apr 13, 2020

Algiers, April 12, 2020 (By Amal Belalloufi with Philippe Agret in Tunis) - Algeria faces economic and social turmoil...

Setback in fight against Boko Haram: Chad to withdraw from regional forceF

Setback in fight against Boko Haram: Chad to withdraw from regional forceF

Apr 10, 2020

N'Djamena, April 10, 2020 - Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno has said his country's troops, who have been deployed...

Tunisia gets emergency loan from the IMFF

Tunisia gets emergency loan from the IMFF

Apr 10, 2020

April 10, 2020 - The International Monetary Fund on Friday approved a $745 million emergency loan for Tunisia as it...

Egypt: Prison inmates still unprotected against Covid-19F

Egypt: Prison inmates still unprotected against Covid-19F

Apr 9, 2020

Cairo, April 9, 2020 - An Egyptian rights group said Thursday it had filed a lawsuit against authorities demanding...

Sahel: Intense fighting in Lake Chad, dozens killed in Chad-Boko Haram conflictF

Sahel: Intense fighting in Lake Chad, dozens killed in Chad-Boko Haram conflictF

Apr 9, 2020

N'Djamena, April 9, 2020 - The Chadian army said Thursday it had wound up an offensive against Boko Haram jihadists in...

Food supply: The struggle to maintain normalcy in time of pandemicF

Food supply: The struggle to maintain normalcy in time of pandemicF

Apr 9, 2020

Algiers, April 9, 2020 (By Abdellah Cheballah) - From an acute shortage of regional staple couscous to a surge of...

Diplomacy: No new UN envoys yet for Libya and Western Sahara crisesF

Diplomacy: No new UN envoys yet for Libya and Western Sahara crisesF

Apr 9, 2020

United Nations, United States, April 8, 2020 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has begun searching for a new...

Morocco to get IMF loan to soften impact of coronavirus on the economyF

Morocco to get IMF loan to soften impact of coronavirus on the economyF

Apr 8, 2020

Rabat, April 8, 2020 - Morocco on Wednesday announced it has started to draw on a $3-billion credit line from the...

Tunisia’s zero-tolerance stance on those breaching containment measuresF

Tunisia’s zero-tolerance stance on those breaching containment measuresF

Apr 8, 2020

Tunis, April 7, 2020 - Tunisia's interior ministry warned Tuesday that people infected with coronavirus could be...

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