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Morocco’s water woes deepen as rationing takes hold

By The North Africa Journal: The entire sub-region of North Africa is the hardest hit by a drought that is causing disruptions to millions of households, businesses and farmers. The situation is probably the worst in the region’s history. Just like other countries in...

Algeria: Six members of the same family die of carbon monoxide in MSila

Six members of the same family died on Sunday, 14 January 2024, at their home in the municipality of Ain El Melh in the wilaya of M'Sila, after being poisoned with carbon monoxide gas, said a statement from the Civil Protection Directorate. The gas emanated from a...

Mauritania: Christian group released from detention, expelled from Mauritania

Media sources report that 15 Christians leaders and their families who were arrested by Mauritania at the end of November 2023, were released on 18 December. The group was arrested following the release on social media of a video filmed in Mauritania showing a baptism...

Tunisia: Journalist Zied El-Heni released from jail, gets six-month suspended sentence

Tunisian journalist El-Heni was released from prison on Wednesday, 10 January 2024, but he was given a six-month suspended sentence. He was arrested on 1 January, pending his trial, after he was accused by prosecutors of infringing on the person of Commerce Minister,...

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Morocco: Health workers go on strike, demand implementation of reforms

Apr 3, 2024

While the healthcare sector is undergoing strikes and tensions between health workers and the government rise, Morocco...

Morocco: Price of butane gas to increase by 25% in April

Mar 19, 2024

(Photo: Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch) Morocco will stop subsidizing butane gas in 2026, but prices will begin to...

Sahel: Wagner Group and Mali army engaging in mass murder and forced displacement of northern populations

Jan 24, 2024

The Wagner Group is wracking havoc in northern Mali, with actions that hint on ongoing efforts to depopulate the...

Egypt: Train crash kills four in Qalyub, government to give US$3K compensation for the families of victims

Mar 8, 2023

A train crash in Egypt killed four people and injured more than 20, officials said Wednesday about the latest in a...

Tunisia: Protesters demand release of political prisoners

Mar 6, 2023

Hundreds of Tunisians rallied Sunday in defiance of a protest ban, demanding the release of more than 20 prominent...

Egyptian court labels veteran human rights activists “terrorists”, sentences them to 15 years in prison

Mar 6, 2023

A special Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced four veteran human rights activists to prison terms up to 15 years for...

Algeria: Ten dead as bus falls into ravine near Bouira

Feb 27, 2023

At least ten people died and 25 others were injured after their bus fell into a ravine in northeastern Algeria on...

Tunisia in damage control campaign after president’s remarks on migrants

Feb 27, 2023

By Ezzedine Said: Tunisia's top diplomat sought to "reassure" sub-Saharan African migrants on Monday, in an interview...

Sahel: Chad’s human rights commission puts death toll in last year’s protests to 128

Feb 24, 2023

A total of 128 people died in the violent repression of opposition protests in Chad last year, the country's human...

Tunisia: Presidential ‘hate speech’ on migrants causes public outcry

Feb 23, 2023

Tunisian rights groups accused on Wednesday President Kais Saied of racism and hate speech after he said "hordes" of...

Tunisia: Judicial harassment against former Parliamentary Speaker Rached Ghannouchi intensifies

Feb 21, 2023

Tunisia's former parliamentary speaker Rached Ghannouchi appeared in court Tuesday on new terror-related charges after...

Morocco: Appeals court reduces sentence of rights activist Rida Benotmane but he is still in prison

Feb 21, 2023

A Moroccan appeals court halved the sentence of rights activist Rida Benotmane, jailed for social media posts calling...

Algeria arrests four over dissident who fled to France

Feb 21, 2023

Algerian authorities have placed four people in pre-trial detention over the "illegal" departure of wanted...

Egyptian Coptic Christians who were kidnapped in Libya are still detained in an illegal immigration center

Feb 21, 2023

Egypt's government said Friday it was "working around the clock" to secure the release of six Egyptian Coptic...

Morocco: Inflation exceeds 8%, unions protest economic hardship, defy government’s ban on marches

Feb 20, 2023

Moroccan trade union activists protested Sunday in the capital Rabat and other cities to denounce surging costs of...

Algeria arrests analyst Raouf Farrah, keeps elderly mother of opposition figure under court supervision

Feb 20, 2023

The mother of prominent French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui has been released from custody but remains under court...

Sahel: The sad plight of children in the Sahel’s conflict zones

Feb 10, 2023

By Amaury Hauchard: After fleeing the jihadists who threatened their remote village, Aichata Hassan had no idea that...

Egypt issues another death sentence for “terrorism”

Feb 9, 2023

An Egyptian court sentenced one man to death and 11 to life imprisonment after convicting them of joining a "terrorist...

Algerian regime’s fixation on all and any domestic opposition turns into paranoia

Feb 9, 2023

By Abdellah Cheballah: Algeria recalled on Wednesday its envoy to France "for consultations" after Paris intervened to...

Burkina Faso: Makeshift gold mine caves in near Hounde, killing several miners

Feb 9, 2023

Ten people were killed when a makeshift gold mine collapsed in western Burkina Faso, a miners' association said on...

Tunisia: Attacks against trade union leaders could backfire on beleaguered President Kais Saied

Feb 9, 2023

Dozens of Tunisian civil society organisations,parties and political figures on Thursday voiced their "full support"...

Morocco: Man sets himself ablaze outside Morocco consulate in Madrid, motives unknown

Feb 7, 2023

A Moroccan man sustained serious injuries after setting himself on fire outside the Moroccan consulate in Madrid on...

Egypt keeps social media influencers in prison, along with 60,000 political prisoners

Feb 6, 2023

Egypt has extended the pre-trial detention of three TikTok comedians after their online sketch about a prison visit...

Sahel: Three children die in school fire in Niger’s Zinder region

Feb 6, 2023

Three children died and 11 were injured, two of them seriously, when a school made of straw and wood caught fire in...

Tunisia: Government of Kais Saied now targets trade union leaders

Feb 1, 2023

A powerful Tunisian trade union Wednesday condemned the arrest of one of its top officials, saying it was linked to...

Egypt: Archaeologists announce discovery of 1,800-year-old Roman city

Jan 25, 2023

Egyptian archaeologists said Tuesday they had discovered an 1,800-year-old "complete residential city from the...

Sahel: Niger holds activist in air strike case

Jan 25, 2023

The head of a leading campaign group in Niger has been detained in a case involving an army air strike on suspected...

Health: World Health Organization concerned about unprecedented number “intersecting health emergencies,” appeals for money

Jan 24, 2023

The World Health Organization on Monday appealed for $2.54 billion for its work in 2023 to help millions of people...

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