Egypt faces a deepening energy crisis as natural gas production crashes 39%, forcing a return to costly LNG imports...
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Morocco: Villagers on Edge as Wildfire Spreads Near Tangier
Firefighters in northern Morocco are battling a rapidly spreading wildfire in Houara Forest near Tangier, with 60...
Mali in Turmoil: Junta Suspends Political Parties Amid Mounting Opposition
Mali’s ruling junta has officially suspended all political party activities, marking the most sweeping crackdown yet...
Sahel: Boat capsizes in Niger’s Goulbi River, kills 11 passengers
July 11, 2019 - Eleven people drowned Thursday when their boat capsized on a river in central Niger, the governor of...
Egypt: Pro-Mubarak Facebook page admin arrested for “spreading false info”
Cairo, July 11, 2019 - The administrator of a Facebook page supporting Egyptian ex-president Hosni Mubarak was...
Morocco: Judges under intense pressure to issue death penalty to killers of European tourists
Salé, Morocco, July 11, 2019 - The mother of a Danish student beheaded along with another Scandinavian woman while...
Libya: Car bomb at a Benghazi funeral claims three lives
Benghazi, Libya, July 11, 2019 - A car bomb exploded during the funeral of an ex-army commander in the Libyan city of...
Tunisia: Presidential candidate Nabil Karoui charged with money laundering
Tunis, July 8, 2019 - Tunisian media magnate and would-be presidential candidate Nabil Karoui has been charged with...
Morocco intercepts massive amount of cannabis bound for Europe
Rabat, July 8, 2019 - Moroccan police seized a "record" 27.3 tonnes of cannabis resin hidden in trucks bound for...
Algeria: Two more Bouteflika operatives in jail over corruption
The former head of ousted Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's party was placed in provisional detention Sunday...
Algeria: Police repression against peaceful protesters intensifies
Algiers, July 7, 2019 - Algerian police said Sunday they had opened an investigation after a video circulated online...
Egypt: Consumers in Egypt confronted with higher fuel prices
Cairo, July 5, 2019 - Egypt increased fuel prices Friday in its latest round of subsidy cuts under a reform package...
Tunisia: Prime Minister issues ban on niqab in public offices
Tunis, July 5, 2019 - Prime Minister Youssef Chahed decided Friday to ban the niqab Muslim face covering for women in...
Algeria: Millions of Algerians mobilize for 20th week, demanding ouster of illegitimate regime
Algiers, July 5, 2019 - Thousands of people protested for a twentieth consecutive week in Algeria's capital on...
Algeria: Regime looking to insert Trojan horse in the protest movement
Commentary by Arezki Daoud: Here is yet another delaying tactic. General Gaid Salah has mandated Interim President to...
Tunisia: Suspected mastermind of twin suicide attacks blows himself up, as death toll from his attack rises to two
Tunis, July 3, 2019 - The suspected mastermind of last week's twin suicide bombings in Tunis was killed when he blew...
Libya: Khalifa Haftar warplane kills 40 migrants who were jailed in a detention center
Tripoli, July 3, 2019 (By Imed LAMLOUM) - Nearly 40 migrants were killed in an air strike Tuesday night on their...
Libya: UAE weapons used by warlord Haftar
Dubai, July 2, 2019 - The UAE denied Tuesday it shipped US missiles to Libya, which is under a UN arms embargo, after...
Libya: Haftar’s embarrassing defeat in Gharyan may complicate the Libyan civil war
Tripoli, July 2, 2019 - By Imed Lamloum - Libya's military strongman Khalifa Haftar, by provoking Turkey, seeks to...
Algeria: Another Bouteflika operative forced to resign as speaker of lower house
Algiers, July 2, 2019 - The speaker of Algeria's lower house of parliament resigned Tuesday, an official told AFP,...
Algerian journalist beaten, humiliated after arrest covering demos
Algiers, July 1, 2019 - A journalist arrested last week as he covered Algeria's weekly anti-regime demonstration said...
Algerian military regime arrests war veteran Lakhdar Bouregaa for his political opinion
Algiers, June 30, 2019 - Algerian authorities have arrested a well-known veteran of the war of independence against...
Libya: Turkey warns Libyan warlord Haftar
Comments by Arezki Daoud: Warlord Haftar is chewing more than he can swallow. Not only he lost his base in Gharyan to...
Libya: Warlord Haftar complicates his situation as he loses Gharyan
Benghazi, Libya, June 29, 2019 - Strongman Khalifa Haftar has threatened to attack Turkish interests in Libya after...
Africa: South American cocaine finds its way into West Africa
Dakar, July 1, 2019 - Senegalese authorities have discovered more than a tonne of cocaine in the past week hidden in...
Algerian regime seeks to intimidate and scare, but Algerians continue to protest peacefully
Algiers, June 28, 2019 (By Abdelhafid Daamache with Aymeric) - Protesters thronged the heart of Algeria's capital on...
Mauritania: State TV claims foreigners took part to anti-election protests, but shows no proof
Nouakchott, June 27, 2019 - Mauritanian television has broadcast detained foreigners purporting to confess that they...
Morocco: Lawyers speak of Moroccan government failure to track terrorists, as suspects face death penalty
Salé, Morocco, June 27, 2019 - Lawyers for the family of a Danish hiker murdered last year in Morocco said on Thursday...
Tunisia: Main attacks in Tunisia since 2011 revolution
Tunis, June 27, 2019 - Two suicide bombers attacked security forces in the Tunisian capital on Thursday, killing a...
Libya: Setback for warlord Haftar as Tripoli forces retake Gharyan
Tripoli, June 26, 2019 - Libyan forces opposed to Khalifa Haftar claimed Wednesday to have retaken Gharyan, a...
Sahel: New dictatorship in Mauritania after General Ould Ghazouani declared victory
Nouakchott, June 25, 2019 - Mauritanian police raided the headquarters of two opposition parties, closing one of them...
Sahel: Two gendarmes killed in terror attack in Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou, June 25, 2019 - A "terrorist attack" left two gendarmes dead and one seriously wounded in the north of...
The Sahara, a major corridor for Sub-Sahara migrants
Niamey, June 25, 2019 - Nearly 20,000 migrants have been rescued from the Sahara desert in Niger over the past three...
Egypt: Another terror attack in Egypt’s North Sinai
Cairo, June 26, 2019 - Seven police officers have been killed in a jihadist attack in restive North Sinai, Egypt's...
Egypt: General Sisi attacks businesses, accuses them of plotting against him
Cairo, June 25, 2019 - Egyptian authorities raided 19 businesses Tuesday accused of funding a plot to overthrow the...
Libya: Parliamentary speaker calls for the shutdown of national oil production
Libya's National Oil Company has warned that any bid to tamper with the sector could escalate unrest in the...
Mauritania: Another general takes over power in North Africa
Nouakchott, June 23, 2019 - Government candidate and frontrunner Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has won an absolute majority...
Algeria: Regime of General Gaid Salah arrests 18 for carrying Berber flag, increases repression of peaceful protesters
Algerian authorities on Sunday arrested 18 people who had brandished the Berber minority flag during an...
Algeria: Businessman Hassen Arbaoui detained in corruption probe
Algiers, June 20, 2019 - Algerian authorities on Thursday detained a third automobile tycoon as part of an...
Algeria’s military command pushing for more instability
By Arezki Daoud: The deconstruction of the Algerian regime of the past two decades is underway. At least the public...
Sahel: 18 insurgents killed in Niger’s Tongo Tongo area over a ten-day campaign
Niamey, June 20, 2019 - Eighteen members of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara were killed in a joint operation...
The Libyan civil war: no break for Tripoli
Tripoli, June 20, 2019 - Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar has vowed to press ahead with an offensive to seize Tripoli,...
Libya: Three wounded in air raid on site operated by Mellitah Oil & Gas Company
Tripoli, June 19, 2019 - Libya's National Oil Company deplored an air raid that on Tuesday evening destroyed a...