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Egypt: Sisi Confronts Worldwide Embassy Uproar
A series of protests and confrontations at Egyptian embassies around the world has sparked international attention in...
Infrastructure: Egypt’s High-Speed Rail Network Nears Completion
Egypt’s flagship high-speed electric rail project is changing the landscape of national mobility. The game-changing...
Algeria: Despite arrests of former senior government leaders, protest movement wants more, strong show of force this Friday
Algiers, June 14, 2019 (By Abdellah Cheballah with Aymeric Vincenot) - Demonstrators rallied in the Algerian capital...
Tunisian voters are tired of established parties, look for independents ahead of presidential election
A poll conducted by Sigma Conseil is suggesting that the Tunisians are tired of the good old political parties that...
Algeria: Another former Prime Minister, Abdelmalek Sellal detained for corruption
The North Africa Journal - June 13, 2019: In another unprecedented move, judicial authorities tied to the Supreme...
Algeria: Former Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia sent to Harrach prison in major corruption case
Algeria’s highly unpopular former Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia has been incarcerated on Wednesday, 12 June under a...
Morocco: Major victory for ethnic Berbers with language recognition in Morocco
Rabat, June 11, 2019 - Moroccan lawmakers have unanimously approved a bill that confirms the Berber language's...
Libya: Everyone wants arms embargo on Libya, but action on the ground lacks
June 10, 2019 - The UN Security Council on Monday renewed its authorization of a European Union mission to combat arms...
Sahel: Insurgents attack village in Burkina Faso, kill 19
June 10, 2019 - Nineteen people died in an attack on a village in the troubled north of Burkina Faso, a security...
Sahel: Three killed by French troops in Mali, locals say the victims were civilians, demand justice
Brief: MEA Risk LLC | 10 June 2019: On 8 June, in Raz El Ma area of Timbuktu, French forces of Operation Barkhane...
Sahel: Massacre in a Dogon village in Mali
Bamako, June 12, 2019 - A massacre at a village in central Mali that according to early estimates killed 95 people...
Sahel: IED hits US military vehicle near Ouallam, Niger
Washington, June 9, 2019 - A US military vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Niger, site of a deadly...
Algeria: Oligarch Mahieddine Tahkout under arrest
Algiers, June 10, 2019 - Algerian authorities on Monday detained an automobile tycoon linked to ousted president...
Algerians reject regime’s offer to talk, call gesture a “masquerade”
Algiers, June 7, 2019 (By Abdelhafid Daamache and Aymeric Vincenot) - Hundreds of demonstrators packed the centre of...
Libya: Migrants starving and dying of tuberculosis in Libyan detention centers
June 7, 2019 - The UN attacked Friday horrific conditions in migrant detention centres in Libya, with dozens dying...
Sudan: The butchers of Khartoum
Comment by Arezki Daoud | 6 June 2019: Taking place simultaneously with the Algerian protests, Sudan has gone from a...
Algeria: Another empty speech likely to further galvanize the protest movement
By Arezki Daoud - 6 June 2019 - Algeria’s Interim President, Abdelkader Bensalah, looking old and sick, just like...
Egypt: Army retaliates for Eid attack on checkpoint in North Sinai, kills 14 suspected militants
Cairo, June 6, 2019 - Egyptian security forces have killed 14 suspected militants during a raid carried out in the...
Sahel: Chad strongman Idriss Deby wants to reintroduce military courts
N'Djamena, June 5, 2019 - Opposition parties in Chad on Wednesday denounced President Idriss Deby Itno after he hinted...
Egypt: Islamic State attacks army checkpoint in North Sinai, kills eight security agents
Cairo, June 5, 2019 - Militants killed eight Egyptian paramilitaries on Wednesday at a checkpoint in the Sinai...
Libya: Appalling conditions in migrant detention centers in Libya
Rome, June 4, 2019 - Aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Tuesday slammed the conditions in migrant detention...
Sahel: Mauritania regime frees two bloggers on bail
Nouakchott, June 3, 2019 - Two Mauritanian bloggers were freed on bail Monday after being held for more than two...
Algeria: Business tycoon Ali Heddad could face up to 18 months in jail for forgery
Algiers, June 3, 2019 - An Algerian prosecutor requested Monday that a business tycoon linked to ousted leader...
Sahel: How Mali is descending into chaos
June 3, 2019 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning of a "high risk" of atrocities in Mali in a report...
Morocco neutralizes another terror cell
Rabat, June 3, 2019 - Three suspects accused of belonging to a "terrorist cell" affiliated to the Islamic State group...
Niger Republic facing a Boko Haram onslaught
Comment by Arezki Daoud | 3 June 2019: Niger has now become the focal point of Boko Haram, plunging the Sahel into a...
Sudan army unleashes repression on protesters
June 3, 2019 - Egypt on Monday urged all sides in Sudan to return to the negotiating table as security forces moved...
Algeria cancels 4 July presidential election, a major victory for the Algerian people
By Arezki Daoud: 2 June 2019: The Algerian presidential election scheduled by the regime to take place on 4 July 2019...
Morocco: Mafia fugitive arrested in Tangiers
Rabat, May 30, 2019 - An Italian mafia fugitive wanted for drug trafficking, murder, extortion and other alleged...
Rescues of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea continue
The Italian navy rescued 100 migrants stranded in the Mediterranean on Thursday, as 178 others were taken to the...
Algeria: As Ramadan enters its last week, protesters maintain pressure on government, want radical change
Algiers, May 31, 2019 - Large crowds of Algerians on Friday took to the streets of the capital, where dozens were...
Libya: UN evacuates vulnerable migrants from war-torn Tripoli
Rome, May 30, 2019 - Nearly 150 migrants from East Africa, including 65 minors and 13 babies under one, were rescued...
Morocco: Court adjourns in tourist murder case, suspect admits to crime
Salé, Morocco, May 30, 2019 | By Hamza Mekouar - The alleged leader of a jihadist cell accused of killing two...
Libya hands over suspected Islamic State insurgent to Egypt
Cairo, May 29, 2019 - One of the most-wanted Egyptian militants who was captured in neighbouring Libya last year has...
Egypt: Jazeera journalist kept in Egyptian jail in case of judicial harassment
Cairo, May 29, 2019 - Egyptian prosecutors ordered a journalist working for Qatar's Al Jazeera to remain in detention...
Moroccan lawmakers continue to oppose the Amazigh ethnic rights
An anti-Berber legislative body in Morocco, the Finance and Economic Development Committee in the house of...
Algeria: Victim of judicial harassment, rights activist Kamel Eddine Fekhar dies in hospital
Algerian human rights activist and medical doctor, Dr. Kamel Eddine Fekhar, died on 28 May at a Blida hospital, nearly...
Tunisia: TV owner Nabil Karoui to run for president
Tunis, May 28, 2019 - The controversial founder of a major private television channel in Tunisia has said he will run...
Egypt: Human rights violations and attrocities reported in North Sinai
Beirut, May 28, 2019 - Human Rights Watch (see video below) on Tuesday accused both Egyptian security forces and...
Sahel: Crisis Group suggests provocative idea of dialogue between Mali and insurgents
Dakar, May 28, 2019 - Mali's government should consider "dialogue" with jihadists waging an insurgency in the west...
The Algerian crisis: Army chief General Gaid Salah stalls stability, rejects public call for transition period
Comment by Arezki Daoud: General Gaid Salah, the Algerian military chief who has taken over the leadership of the...
New Sudan ruler visits Egypt’s General Sisi
Cairo, May 25, 2019 (AFP) - The head of Sudan's ruling military council arrived in Cairo Saturday, an airport official...





































