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....
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...
Egypt Mufti OKs death penalty for monks over bishop killing
Cairo, April 24, 2019 (AFP) - An Egyptian court on Wednesday confirmed death sentences for two monks over the 2018...
Morocco: Protest movement reenergized, monarchy must give something or face permanent state of protest
The Moroccan monarchy has been extremely hesitant to put in place more meaningful reforms that would address the basic...
Algeria: Protests maintain pressure against regime in ninth consecutive Friday of demonstrations
Algiers, April 19, 2019 - Huge crowds of protesters filled central Algiers for a ninth weekly mass rally Friday,...
Algeria: The collapsing central state and the inevitable fall of the house of cards
By Arezki Daoud - 18 April 2019: A remnant of the Bouteflika regime, Tayeb Belaiz had the decency this week to resign...
Morocco: Court upholds outrageous prison terms for Hirak leaders
Rabat, April 10, 2019 - Human Rights Watch on Wednesday warned Rabat over what it called the "shocking" Moroccan court...
With the ousting of Bouteflika and al-Bashir, should others be concerned?
April 11, 2019 - Strongmen in the Middle East and North Africa will be eyeing warily popular protests, fed by...
Sahel: Mali soldier mistakenly shoots and kills civilian in moment of panic
Bamako, April 9, 2019 - Malian soldiers shot dead at least one villager and injured others after a detonation they...
Morocco: Jailed leader of the protest movement takes drastic step of sewing his lips
Rabat, April 9, 2019 - The jailed leader of a Moroccan protest movement, Nasser Zefzafi, has sewn his lips together...
Libya: Thousands flee Libya clashes
Tripoli, April 8, 2019 - Fighting raged around Tripoli and an air strike closed its only functioning airport Monday,...
Mali: Dozen dead as boat sinks on way to market in Segou
Bamako, April 8, 2019 (AFP) - A boat headed for market laden with merchandise and vendors capsized in the Niger River...
Mali’s humanitarian problem: too much focus on boots on the ground
April 4, 2019 - Mali is in dire need of humanitarian aid, with more than three million people requiring food and basic...
Libya: The collapse of the social and economic infrastructure in Libya
Zintan, Libya, April 2, 2019 - By Imed Lamloum and Nawas Al-Darraji - Hundreds of blue pipes lay abandoned in...
Sahel: Mali fires senior army officers, disbands Dogon militia after killing of Fulanis
Bamako, March 24, 2019 - By Serge Daniel and Kassim Taore: Mali's government on Sunday announced the sacking of senior...
Morocco: Teachers take to the streets of Rabat to demand better conditions
Rabat, March 24, 2019 - Thousands of teachers flooded the streets of the Moroccan capital on Sunday to demand better...
Sahel: Three Nigerian poachers arrested in Niger with massive haul
Niamey, March 17, 2019 (AFP) - Three Nigerian poachers were arrested in Niger with a massive haul of slaughtered game...
Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid released
Cairo, March 4, 2019 - Award-winning Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid was released on Monday after spending...
Algeria: Court releases blogger Merzoug Touati
Algiers, March 4, 2019 (AFP) - An Algerian court ordered a blogger released on time served Monday after finding him...
Sahel: Bacteria infection kills thousands of donkeys in Niger
Niamey, March 1, 2019 - A contagious bacterial infection known as "equine strep throat" has killed more than 4,000...
Algeria police arrest dozen journalists who were protesting against censorship
Algiers, Feb 28, 2019 - Algerian police arrested Thursday a dozen journalists protesting "censorship" of coverage of...
Public health: Outbreak of tropical parasite in Libya
Tripoli, Feb 27, 2019 - At least 5,000 cases of a potentially deadly tropical disease have been registered in Libya in...
Morocco: Journalist Bouachrine sentenced to 12 years in prison over bogus charges
Rabat, Feb 26, 2019 - Amnesty International urged Morocco on Tuesday to "immediately" free a newspaper publisher...
Egypt: Train crash in Cairo kills 20 as Egypt struggles with crumbling infrastructure
Cairo, Feb 27, 2019 - A hurtling locomotive crashed, derailed and caught fire at Cairo's main train station on...
Sahel: Growing concern over impact of climate change on the Sahel
Niamey, Feb 25, 2019 - Leaders of 17 countries on the rim of the Sahel began talks on Monday on a nearly $400-billion...
Egypt: Canadian national held in custody in Egypt on unknown charges
Feb 24, 2019 - A Canadian citizen has been arrested in Egypt, his family has told public news network CBC, asking that...
Egypt: Opposition party members arrested by Sisi regime
Cairo, Feb 23, 2019 - An Egyptian opposition party founded by Nobel laureate Mohamed El Baradei denounced Saturday a...
Libya: Growing ethnic conflict in southern Libya as Haftar’s army reaches Oubari
Oubari, Libya, Feb 22, 2019 (AFP) - In the southern Libyan city of Oubari, shops are shuttered and tension is...
Egypt: Executions by hanging continue this week
Cairo, Feb 20, 2019 - Egypt hanged nine men on Wednesday for the 2015 assassination of the prosecutor general,...
Morocco: Public school teachers lament fixed-term contracts, face antiriot police in violent Rabat protest
Rabat, Feb 20, 2019 - Moroccan security forces Wednesday fired water cannon at public school teachers demonstrating in...
Tunisian oil workers kidnapped in Libya freed
Tripoli, Feb 17, 2019 - Fourteen Tunisian oil workers kidnapped in Libya were freed Sunday night after three days in...
Egypt escalates executions by hanging
Feb 13, 2019 - Three prisoners convicted of killing a police officer were hanged in Egypt on Wednesday, bringing to...
Tunisia accused of dragging its feet in repatriating Tunisian children living in foreign refugee camps
Tunis, Feb 12, 2019 - Officials in Tunisia have been "dragging their feet" on efforts to repatriate Tunisian children...
Mali: The rise of Wahhabism in Mali
Bamako, Feb 10, 2019 - Mali's chief Muslim leaders on Sunday called for the resignation of Prime Minister Soumeylou...
Libya: As lawlessness and abuse on migrants spike, thousands left Libya voluntarily last year
Tripoli, Feb 6, 2019 (AFP) - More than 16,000 migrants returned home from conflict-wracked Libya in 2018 under a...
Tunisia: Teachers protest after months on strike
Tunis, Feb 6, 2019 - Thousands of Tunisian teachers took to the capital's streets Wednesday to demand bonuses and...
Morocco: Swine flu outbreak kills nine in Morocco
Rabat, Feb 2, 2019 (AFP) - An outbreak of swine flu in Morocco has left nine people dead in the past week, the...
Urban Issues: The stray dogs and wild boars of North African cities
Opinion by Arezki Daoud - January 29, 2019: There could be as many as 15 million stray dogs roaming the streets of...
Tunisia: Inheritance reform in Tunisia likely to boost gender equality
Jendouba, Tunisia, Jan 25, 2019 - Tunisian divorcee Latifa counts herself lucky -- she has a modest home that boasts a...