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
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...