Drought is wreaking havoc on North Africa’s water supply and on its agriculture. All countries in the region are...
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Egypt: After wishing each other a happy new year, Egyptians see price hikes that will make 2024 not such a happy year
Bread has always been a source of concern for rulers and leaders. When their prices increase, watch out for the public...
Sahel: Kidnapped in Libya in 2017, South African medic released this week in Mali
A South African paramedic who had been held by jihadists in Mali for over six years has been released, security and...
Morocco: UN warns of over-urbanising Morocco’s coastline
Mohammedia, Morocco, June 17, 2019 - Beneath an apartment block that looms over Monica beach in the western coastal...
Egypt: Former President Mohamed Morsi dies after facing judge
Cairo, June 17, 2019 - Mohamed Morsi, who died Monday aged 67, was Egypt's first democratically elected president but...
Tunisia denies landing of migrants stuck at sea
Tunis, June 14, 2019 - Dozens of migrants rescued in international waters off Tunisia are still stranded 15 days later...
Morocco: Major victory for ethnic Berbers with language recognition in Morocco
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
Sahel: Mauritania regime frees two bloggers on bail
Sahel: How Mali is descending into chaos
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
Egypt: Jazeera journalist kept in Egyptian jail in case of judicial harassment
Moroccan lawmakers continue to oppose the Amazigh ethnic rights
Algeria: Victim of judicial harassment, rights activist Kamel Eddine Fekhar dies in hospital
Egypt: Human rights violations and attrocities reported in North Sinai
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
Libya: Death toll in battle for Tripoli exceeds 500, no break for civilians in Ramadan
Egypt: Regime of General Sisi arrests more rights activists
Libya: Four kidnapped foreign workers in Libya released
Sahel: Flood in Mali capital Bamako, scores dead
Libya: How Tripoli residents cope with Haftar’s incessant attacks
Libya: Migrants in distress rescued off Libyan coast
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
Morocco: Migrants breach border fence, cross to Melilla
Libya: Dozens of migrants, mostly Bangladeshis die in fatal sea crossing
Egypt: Debating woman’s rights in Egypt
Another migrant boat sinks in the Mediterranean, two dead, scores missing
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
Libya: Worsening humanitarian conditions in Tripoli
Europe’s rights court OKs first deportation from France of Algerian terror suspect to Algeria
Algeria: Employee of water company opens fire at protesters, injures 13
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
Libya: Migrants caught in the crossfire
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...