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Tunisia: Leading Labor Union in Turmoil
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U.S. Immigration Policy and the Changing Landscape of Africa-U.S. Travel
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Morocco: Inflation exceeds 8%, unions protest economic hardship, defy government’s ban on marches
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
The mother of prominent French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui has been released from custody but remains under court...
Six-year-old boy rescued in Syria four days after quake, as death toll in Syria/Turkey nears 23,000
Rescuers found a six-year-old boy alive under the rubble on Friday, four days after a devastating earthquake killed...
Sahel: The sad plight of children in the Sahel’s conflict zones
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”
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
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
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
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
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
Sahel: Three children die in school fire in Niger’s Zinder region
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
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
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
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
The World Health Organization on Monday appealed for $2.54 billion for its work in 2023 to help millions of people...
Egypt: Under pressure from striking lawyers, regime releases jailed attorneys
Members of the Egyptian Bar Association on Sunday called off a days-long strike held in protest against the jailing of...
Egyptian regime releases businessmen Safwan and Seif El-Dine Thabet after 2 years in pretrial detention
Tunisia: Opposition figure Seifeddine Makhlouf sentenced to prison by military court for “insulting police
Sahel: Soldiers rescue women and babies abducted by suspected jihadists in N. Burkina Faso
Economy: Tunisia gets food donations from Libya
Sahel: The dreadful Koro Toro prison and the brutality of the Chadian regime
Algerian: Independent journalist Ihsane el-Kadi still in prison
Sahel: Jihadist violence intensifies in Burkina Faso
Sahel: Jihadists in Burkina Faso also abduct children and babies
Morocco: Euro Parliament concerned about press freedom in Morocco as kingdom denies corruption allegations
Egyptian lawyers go on strike in solidarity with jailed colleagues
The Egyptian Bar Association announced Thursday an "unlimited" strike to condemn the imprisonment of six colleagues...
Morocco among top sources of illegal immigration to Switzerland
Illegal immigration into Switzerland almost tripled last year, the government announced Thursday, citing a recent...
Migrations: Italy tells Tunisia to help reduce irregular migration in exchange of more legal migrant inflow
Algeria: Opposition figure Rachid Nekkaz freed from prison after he allegedly vowed to quit politics
Egypt: Businessman and fledgling actor Mohamed Ali gets life sentence in absentia for anti-Sisi campaign
Algeria: Policeman kills boy during drug bust
An Algerian policeman shot a teenage boy who later died when a gang tried to stop officers during the latest in a...
Egypt faces major risks this year as economy continues to fall apart
“Chicken feet are good for you…” The Egyptian pound traded Wednesday at half its value from March after the central...
Podcast: Sahel and North Africa week in review 7 Jan 2023
Greetings to our second episode of Week in Review and a quick summary of what we are tracking in the Sahel and in...
Tunisia facing daunting economic outlook, headed to IMF bailout
Spain cracks down on use and abuse of undocumented migrants in agriculture
Tunisia lawyers protest tax hike on legal services
Egypt: Actress Menna Shalabi sentenced to three years in prison for ‘cannabis possession’
Tunisia: President on the offensive to eliminate the opposition
The main coalition against Tunisian President Kais Saied said Tuesday his administration was using the judiciary to...
