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Egypt: Inflation Creeps Back Up While Foreign Reserves Shrink
Egypt’s economy is showing signs of strain again. New data reveals a sharp rise in inflation and a drop in foreign...
Algeria Cuts French Imports in Bid for Self-Sufficiency and Diversification
France once held a firm place in Algeria’s food supply chain, from wheat fields in Burgundy to cattle farms in the...
Algeria: Amid row with army chief Gaid Salah, interim President’s absence from the presidency heightens speculations about his health
The fate of the Interim President Abdelkader Bensalah is sparking all sorts of speculation considering the ongoing row...
Algeria: With the deepening political crisis, here’s the most likely roadmap in the mind of army chief Gaid Salah
The chief of the Algerian military command, General Gaid Salah, has been the biggest opponent of a transition period....
Egypt: Military says it killed six alleged terrorists near Bahariya
Cairo, Sept 5, 2019 - Six suspected jihadists were killed on Thursday in a shootout with police near the Bahariya...
Tunisia: Despite running for presidential election, Nabil Karoui remains in custody
Tunis, Sept 3, 2019 - Tunisia's judiciary on Tuesday rejected an appeal to release media mogul and presidential...
Sahel: Fourteen killed in IED explosion in Mali
Bamako, Sept 3, 2019 - Fourteen bus passengers were killed Tuesday by a road mine in central Mali, the bus company...
Algeria: Junta chief General Gaid Salah insists on the impossible
Algiers, Sept 2, 2019 (AFP) - Algeria's powerful army chief called Monday for a vote to elect a successor to ousted...
Sahel: Building collapses in Bamako, Mali. Twelve dead
Bamako, Sept 1, 2019 - Twelve people were killed on Sunday when a three-storey building under construction collapsed...
Tunisia: Four killed in army-insurgent clash in Kasserine
Tunis, Sept 2, 2019 (AFP) - A national guard officer and three suspected jihadist militants were killed in a gunbattle...
Sahel: Two generals sent to prison in Burkina Faso for alleged treason
Ouagadougou, Sept 2, 2019 (By Armel Baily with David Esnault in Abidjan) - A military court in Burkina Faso on Monday...
Algeria: Risk analyst firm MEA Risk warns of crisis reaching climax in Algeria this fall
A MEA Risk assessment of the Algerian political stalemate warns that the crisis in the North African nation could...
Morocco: Raging flood water claims lives of seven people in Taroudant
Rabat, Aug 29, 2019 (AFP) - At least seven people were killed Wednesday when a river burst its banks and flooded a...
Sahel: Scores killed in pastoral conflict in southern Chad
N'Djamena, Aug 28, 2019 - Eleven people were killed in fighting between nomadic herders and sedentary farmers in a...
Sahel: Unrest in Mali over dismal road conditions
Kati, Mali, Aug 27, 2019 (AFP) - More than 1,000 trucks loaded with merchandise were blocked Tuesday at the entrance...
Libya: More deaths off the coast of Libya
Tripoli, Aug 27, 2019 - The bodies of five migrants including a Moroccan child were recovered off Libya's coast...
Sahel: Chad jails alleged rebels
N'Djamena, Aug 27, 2019 - Chad has handed down jail terms to 243 rebels who crossed into the country from Libya in...
Libya: More migrants rescued at sea
Rome, Aug 26, 2019 - A German charity said Monday it had rescued some 100 people from a collapsing dinghy in the...
Sahel: Boko Haram attacks village in Gueskerou, Nigeria, dozen killed
Niamey, Aug 24, 2019 - A night raid blamed on Boko Haram has left a dozen villagers dead in southeastern Niger on the...
Tunisia: Despite his arrest, Nabil Karoui remains presidential candidate
Media magnate Nabil Karoui remains in the race for Tunisia's upcoming presidential election despite his arrest for...
Algeria: No-backing down, Algerians maintain pressure on government, insist on regime change
Algiers, Aug 23, 2019 - Algerians on Friday were back on the streets demanding an overhaul of the political system as...
Sahel: Explosive situation in Chad
By deploying troops and sealing borders to try to quell ethnic clashes in eastern Chad, President Idriss Deby risks...
Algeria: Another corrupt former Justice Minister arrested for alleged criminal activity
Algeria's former justice minister Tayeb Louh was Thursday placed in preventative detention on allegations of abuse of...
Tunisia: Islamist media and a candidate TV banned from covering election campaign
Tunis, Aug 23, 2019 - Tunisian electoral and media authorities have banned three local outlets from covering the...
Tunisia: PM Chahed focuses on presidential election campaigning
Tunis, Aug 22, 2019 - Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed on Thursday said he was delegating his powers in order to...
Algeria: Regime ignores calls for smooth political transition, insists on its own unpopular roadmap
In a message published this week by the state news agency APS, Interim head of state Abdelkader Bensalah repeated the...
Sahel: 150 children killed in Mali violence in six months
Bamako, Aug 13, 2019 - UN child protection body UNICEF warned on Tuesday children in Mali faced rising violence with...
Libya: Warlord Haftar’s troops lose ground in Tripoli battle
Tripoli, Aug 21, 2019 - Forces loyal to Libya's unity government said Wednesday they had made territorial gains south...
Sahel: More violence in Chad’s Tibesti region
N'Djamena, Aug 21, 2019 - Three people were killed in northern Chad on 19 August after trying to attack a police...
Sahel: Mali soldiers ambushed by insurgents in Mopti, five killed
Bamako, Aug 21, 2019 - Five troops were killed in central Mali on Wednesday when their convoy was ambushed by...
Libya: American arms dealer sentenced to prison for attempting to sell Russian weapons to Libyan militia
Los Angeles, Aug 20, 2019 - An international arms dealer was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a Los Angeles federal...
Egypt: Army says it killed 11 insurgents near El Arish
Cairo, Aug 20, 2019 - Egyptian security forces killed 11 militants in the restive North Sinai region, the interior...
Spying on their people with Huawei technology
Kampala, Aug 16, 2019 - Uganda and Zambia on Friday denied a report that employees of Chinese telecom giant Huawei had...
Algeria: Months after starting their movement, Algerian people determined to oust illegal regime
Algiers, Aug 20, 2019 by By Amal Belalloufi and Aymeric Vincenot: Algerians launched an unprecedented protest...
Sahel: Insurgents kill at least 24 soldiers in northern Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, Aug 20, 2019 - The death toll from an attack Monday on a military base in northern Burkina Faso rose to...
Tunisian election regulator cleans up list of candidates to presidential election
Tunis - Tunisia's electoral commission has rejected nearly three quarters of hopefuls for next month's presidential...
Libya: MSF says 80 migrants rescued off Libyan coast
Aug 10, 2019 - The Ocean Viking charity ship rescued more than 80 migrants off the coast of Libya on Saturday,...
Libya: Tripoli could get a moment of respite in this Eid al-Adha
Tripoli, Aug 10, 2019 - Libya's government has said it is willing to accept a truce in fighting around Tripoli for the...
Tunisia: Abdelfattah Mourou of Islamist party Ennahdha to run for presidential election
Tunis, Aug 7, 2019 - Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party announced a presidential candidate for the first time...
Tunisia turns back Ivorian migrants to Libya despite safety concerns
Tunis, Aug 7, 2019 - The United Nations sounded the alarm Wednesday over the safety of 36 Ivorian migrants, including...
Sahel: Red Cross suspends operations in Timbuktu, Mali, as violence escalates
Aug 6, 2019 - Twin attacks in Mali have killed four people, including two Malian soldiers, security sources said...
Egypt: Carnage in Cairo after blast killed 20 people
Cairo, Aug 5, 2019 - A huge blast which killed 20 people in Cairo was caused by a speeding car packed with explosives,...