A section of the historic walls around the Old City of Kairouan collapsed on Saturday, killing three masons carrying...
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UN rapporteur on human rights pressures Algeria to release jailed activists
The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights defenders on Tuesday urged Algeria to release all jailed human...
North Africa’s use of drones in the agricultural sector
By Aymen Jamli: A drone buzzed back and forth above rows of verdant orange trees planted near Nabeul, eastern Tunisia....
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: 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Libya: Two journalists released
Tripoli, May 25, 2019 (AFP) - Two Libyan journalists held by an armed group for more than three weeks have been...
Chaos and insecurity in the Sahel
May 25, 2019 - Jihadists are scoring gains in the Sahel, defying efforts by five countries in the fragile region to...
Libya: Death toll in battle for Tripoli exceeds 500, no break for civilians in Ramadan
Tripoli, May 21, 2019 (By Imed Lamloum) - Violent clashes raged Tuesday south of Tripoli, marking an uptick in...
Egypt: Regime of General Sisi arrests more rights activists
Cairo, May 17, 2019 - Amnesty International voiced concern Friday of a new crackdown against rights activists in Egypt...
Libya: Four kidnapped foreign workers in Libya released
May 17, 2019 - Three Filipino civil engineers and a South Korean colleague kidnapped in Libya last July have been...
Sahel: Flood in Mali capital Bamako, scores dead
Bamako, May 16, 2019 - Heavy floods claimed 15 lives Thursday in the Malian capital Bamako along with serious...
Libya: How Tripoli residents cope with Haftar’s incessant attacks
Tripoli, May 16, 2019 (By Rim Taher) - Peering through the gate of a home in the western suburbs of Libya's war-torn...
Libya: Migrants in distress rescued off Libyan coast
May 15, 2019 - German charity Sea-Watch reported rescuing 65 migrants in distress off Libya on Wednesday, sparking an...
Tunisia: UN-Tunisia feud over arrest of UN expert for alleged espionage
Tunis, May 16, 2019 - Tunisia on Thursday rejected a United Nations claim that an arms expert arrested in the North...
Algeria: Unemployment riots in oil-rich Adrar
Algiers, May 15, 2019 - At least 24 police officers have been wounded in clashes with protesters rallying against...
Libya: Europe warns of escalating crisis in Libya, worried about more immigration
Brussels, May 13, 2019 - Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar's offensive against Tripoli represents a threat to...
Morocco: Migrants breach border fence, cross to Melilla
Madrid, May 12, 2019 - Fifty-two African migrants forced their way into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla from...
Libya: Dozens of migrants, mostly Bangladeshis die in fatal sea crossing
Tunis, May 11, 2019 - Around 60 migrants most of them from Bangladesh have died after their boat capsized in the...
Egypt: Debating woman’s rights in Egypt
Cairo, May 10, 2019 - by Farid Farid: A Coptic priest's comments about women's clothing being too revealing in...
Another migrant boat sinks in the Mediterranean, two dead, scores missing
Tunis, May 10, 2019 - A boat carrying up to 70 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa has sunk in the Mediterranean, leaving...
MEA Risk Podcasts: Chaos in Libya
In this podcast, recorded 7 May 2019, MEA Risk analysts Alessandro Bruno and Arezki Daoud discuss the state of affairs...
Libya: Fighting rages in Tripoli, death toll and population displacement increase
Fierce fighting continued over the last two days and overnight on the outskirts of Tripoli between the Khalifa...
Libya: Worsening humanitarian conditions in Tripoli
Tripoli, April 29, 2019 - By Simon Valmary: Fierce fighting for control of Libya's capital that has already...
Europe’s rights court OKs first deportation from France of Algerian terror suspect to Algeria
Strasbourg, France, April 29, 2019 - Europe's top rights court on Monday said France could proceed with the expulsion...
Algeria: Employee of water company opens fire at protesters, injures 13
Algiers, April 28, 2019 - Thirteen people were wounded Sunday when shots were fired during a demonstration in eastern...
Sahel: Son of French hostage in Mali denounces French government inaction
Paris, April 28, 2019 (AFP) - The son of an elderly French woman abducted in Mali has accused Paris of refusing to...
Morocco: Sub-Sahara migrants killed in road accident
Rabat, April 27, 2019 - At least 16 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died Saturday when the vehicle they were...
Libya: Migrants caught in the crossfire
Tripoli, April 26, 2019 - Migrants and refugees have been shot and wounded in a detention centre south of Tripoli as...
Libya: Being immigrant in a war zone
Tripoli, April 25, 2019 - Sudanese migrants who fled fighting and turmoil in Darfur are facing war once again, caught...
Libya: France pressured to stop donating boats to Libyan coastguard
Paris, April 25, 2019 - Eight international NGOs including Amnesty International and Doctors Without Borders demanded...
Morocco: Scores wounded as police repress teachers’ demonstration in Rabat
Rabat, April 25, 2019 - Over 70 demonstrators were left wounded Thursday after Moroccan police used water cannon to...
Mauritania: Blogger Ould Mkheitir still held in prison
Nouakchott, April 24, 2019 - A Mauritanian blogger who came to world attention after being given the death penalty for...