More than 260 Libyan and international companies on Wednesday attended a forum in Benghazi organised by the country's...
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In the Media: Morocco: After the quake, water!
France24 says a rare geological phenomenon has occurred in Morocco's Atlas Mountains following a large earthquake on...
Libya: More arrests in Libya-related floods
Libya's prosecutor general has ordered the arrest of four more officials, bringing to 12 the number held as part of an...
Environment: Rights and environmental groups say Egypt is not fit to host major climate summit
A month before Egypt hosts the UN climate change conference, Cairo is finalising the list of world leaders coming as...
Sahel: Record death toll from floods in Niger
Flooding caused by heavy rains in the West African state of Niger has claimed nearly 200 lives and affected more than...
Moroccan nomads’ way of life threatened by climate change
By Kaouthar Oudrhiri In the blistering desert of Morocco, the country's last Berber nomads, the Amazigh, say their...
Environment: Severe floods wreck havoc on West African agriculture
By Aminu Abubakar Nigeria rice farmer Adamu Garba squelched barefoot through his paddy fields, surveying damage from...
Egypt: As it prepares for major climate summit, Egypt criticized for “growing repression of dissent”
Egyptian authorities "have continued to stifle freedoms" in the year since launching a national human rights strategy,...
Sahel: More than 150 dead in Niger rainy season floods
Severe floods in Niger after months of heavy downpours have killed 159 people, authorities said Monday, marking one of...
Sahel: Floods wrecking havoc on the country of Niger
Powerful rains that have swept the arid state of Niger since June have left 75 dead and affected 108,000 people, the...
Algeria: Death toll from wildfires exceeds 40, 13 arrested on suspicion of arson
The death toll has climbed to at least 43 from wildfires that have raged for days in northern Algeria, with numbers...
Sahel: Heavy rains destroy farmland, kill dozens of people in Chad
Torrential rains have caused the death of 22 people in Chad since June, with more than 110,000 affected, a UN report...
Algeria: Parts of the iconic El Kala Biosphere Reserve destroyed by fire
More than 10 percent of a UNESCO-listed biosphere reserve has been destroyed by fires that tore through northeastern...
Algeria: At least 38 dead in intense wildfires
Algeria’s deadly wildfires Wildfires which killed at least 38 people across northern Algeria have been contained,...
Algeria: Forest fires spread in north Algeria, 26 killed
UPDATE: At least 26 people were killed and dozens injured Wednesday in forest fires that ravaged parts of northern...
Sahel: Dozens dead in Niger’s floods and landslides
Flooding and landslides during Niger's rainy season have killed 32 people and affected more than 66,000 since June,...
Egypt: 41 killed in church fire in Giza
By Khaled Desouki Funerals were held in two Cairo churches Sunday evening for 41 victims of a fire that ripped through...
Sahel: Despair in Chad as food crisis intensifies
Chad on Thursday declared a "food emergency" in the impoverished landlocked country, urging the international...
Sahel: Millions of people face food shortages
The United Nations warned Friday that up to 18 million people in the Sahel face severe food insecurity, with rations...
Environment: Turtles freed in Tunisia with tracking monitor
Three rescued loggerhead turtles were released into the Mediterranean off Tunisia on Sunday, one with a tracking...
Global food market to worsen with France experiencing dry periods
By Maxime Mamet with Adam Plowright in Paris French farmer Robin Lachaux is worried about his wheat. In normal years,...
Italy accepts return of waste previously exported to Tunisia
Tunisia will return more than 280 containers of waste illegally imported from Italy in 2020, the north African...
Libya: How the city of Benghazi is growing out of control
Over a decade of war in Libya the second city Benghazi has mushroomed to twice its size, creating an unplanned and...
Egypt: Rights activists decry choice of Egypt to host next environmental summit
Human Rights Watch criticised Monday the choice of Egypt as host for the next climate summit, warning the government...
Tunisia: Unrest in Agareb over a dangerous landfill
By Aymen Jamli - [Watch video at bottom] As tear gas and protest cries filled the air in the Tunisian town of Agareb,...
Tunisia: Unrest in Agareb over a landfill
Clashes flared again on Thursday between security forces and residents of a Tunisian town protesting against the...
Algeria: Heavy rainfall and landslide cause the collapse of building in Algiers, three killed
Three people were killed and two children injured in a building collapse in Algeria following heavy rainfall, rescue...
Sahel: Mali’s environmental crisis
Extreme weather events in central Mali are complicating even further the lives of residents of the conflict-ridden...
Brief: Deadly floods hit Tunisia
Three people have died in floods in Tunisia after heavy rain storms battered the North African nation, a spokesman for...
Egypt: Looming environment disaster in the Red Sea
By Bassem Aboualabass: Standing on a boat bobbing gently in the Red Sea, Egyptian diving instructor Mohamed Abdelaziz...
Environment: Beach pollution in Tunisia
By Akim Rezgui with Francoise Kadri in Tunis: Tahar Jaouebi looks out from a beach south of Tunis remembering the...
A destabilized region: Awful week in the Sahel
Introduction by Arezki Daoud: For years, several analysts made dire predictions about where the Sahel was headed....
Morocco: Wildfires in the Chefchaouen region
Firefighters in northern Morocco are battling to put out two forest blazes, a forestries official said Sunday as the...
Algeria: Wildfires continue to rage in northern Algeria on Sunday
Algerian firefighters were still struggling Sunday to put out 19 blazes in the north of the country, where 90 people...
Algeria: Death toll from wildfires rises to 90
Algeria police arrest 36 after 'arsonist' lynching Algerian police said Sunday they had arrested 36 people including...
Libyans facing an expansive Eid El-Adha holiday
Muslims in war-scarred Libya mark Eid al-Adha from Tuesday, but few will be able to afford the sheep or goat...
Morocco experiencing scorching heatwave
Morocco was hit by a fiery weekend heatwave that saw temperatures reach nearly 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees...
NGO highlights harmful exports of fish from west Africa / Sahel
Rising exports of fish meal and fish oil from West Africa to Europe and Asia are depriving millions of Africans of...
Climate experts predict hottest year coming within the next five years
By Patrick Galey The world may temporarily breach the 1.5-Celsius warming mark within the next five years, according...
Sahel: The collapsing ecosystem of Niger River
By Amaury Hauchard - Ousmane Djebare Djenepo, wearing sunglasses and an easy smile, stands upright to show off the...
Libya: In its quest for normalcy, Tripoli renovates its old town
By Rim Taher - In alleys criss-crossing the Libyan capital's Old City, construction crews are hard at work restoring...
Tunisians use old age Ramli technique to fight drought
By Aymen Jamli - Farmers near a seaside lagoon in northern Tunisia are fighting to preserve a unique, traditional...
Tunisia: Italian garbage still piled up in Tunisia, owners unwilling to remove it
Italy and Tunisia were pressed on Thursday to clear hundreds of containers of waste illegally shipped and stored at a...