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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...
Tunisia: Cash-strapped Tunisia faces rationing and food shortages
By Habib Haj Salem Cash-strapped Tunisia is facing a dearth of imported foodstuffs from dairy products to coffee,...
Egypt: Mada Masr journalists facing legal troubles for allegedly “spreading false information”
The editor-in-chief and three journalists from independent Egyptian news outlet Mada Masr were interrogated by...
Algeria deports hundreds of migrants from Niger
More than 800 migrants expelled this week by Algeria have reached the northern Niger town of Agadez, local authorities...
Sahel: As sanctions bite, regime in Mali pledges orderly return to civilian rule
Mali on Tuesday urged African organisations to lift the last sanctions they had imposed after the state underwent two...
Tunisia: Customs agents kill suspected cigarette smuggler as social tensions grow
Tunisian prosecutors opened an investigation on Thursday into the death of a young suspected cigarette smuggler who...
Tunisia: Three migrants drown off Gabes coast
Three irregular migrants drowned off Tunisia's coast after their Europe-bound boat bound sank, authorities in the...
Egypt: Case of monkeypox confirmed in Egypt
Egypt has recorded its first case of the monkeypox virus, in a man who travelled regularly to Europe, the country's...
Egypt: Nile islanders face eviction to make way for Egypt’s latest grand plan
By Sofiane Alsaar Residents of a Nile island in greater Cairo woke up in recent weeks to find officials taking...
Sahel: Intense violence in Mali sends thousands fleeing
Tens of thousands of people, many of them children, have fled to a town in northeastern Mali after fighting erupted in...
Libya: Egyptian migrants dead and missing after boat sank off the coast Tolmeta
Five migrants died and 16 went missing after their boat sank off the coast of eastern Libya while attempting to reach...
Sahel: Floods wrecking havoc on the country of Niger
Powerful rains that have swept the arid state of Niger since June have left 75 dead and affected 108,000 people, the...
Sahel: Mali bans hookah smoking
"Shisha-abana," exclaims Bilal, a grocer in Mali's capital Bamako, in the national language Bambara: "Shisha is...
Migrations: Thousands of young Tunisians migrated to Italy this year
More than 2,000 Tunisian youngsters this year have made the perilous Mediterranean crossing from the North African...
Burkina Faso: Ethnic Fulanis fear violence will escalate against them
By Armel Baily Jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso have inflamed accusations against the Fulani community, sparking...
Algeria: Death toll from wildfires exceeds 40, 13 arrested on suspicion of arson
The death toll has climbed to at least 43 from wildfires that have raged for days in northern Algeria, with numbers...
Sahel: Heavy rains destroy farmland, kill dozens of people in Chad
Torrential rains have caused the death of 22 people in Chad since June, with more than 110,000 affected, a UN report...
Egypt: Cairo Metro break taboo by hiring first women train drivers
By Sofiane Alsaar As it prepares to expand to serve a population now exceeding 20 million, the Cairo metro has...
Algeria: Nine dead in after bus collides with tanker in Illizi
Nine people have been killed in a collision between a bus and a fuel tanker in southeast Algeria, the civil defence...
Algeria: Parts of the iconic El Kala Biosphere Reserve destroyed by fire
More than 10 percent of a UNESCO-listed biosphere reserve has been destroyed by fires that tore through northeastern...
Algeria: At least 38 dead in intense wildfires
Algeria’s deadly wildfires Wildfires which killed at least 38 people across northern Algeria have been contained,...
Sahel: New concerns in Burkina Faso amid calls to murder ethnic Fulanis
Burkina Faso's government on Thursday lashed calls on social media to attack the country's Fulani minority, describing...
Algeria: Forest fires spread in north Algeria, 26 killed
UPDATE: At least 26 people were killed and dozens injured Wednesday in forest fires that ravaged parts of northern...
Sahel: Dozens dead in Niger’s floods and landslides
Flooding and landslides during Niger's rainy season have killed 32 people and affected more than 66,000 since June,...
Tunisia: Journalist Salah Attia jailed by military court for criticizing president and army
A Tunisian military court sentenced journalist Salah Attia to three months in prison Wednesday for public remarks he...
Egypt faces growing economic hardship
The governor of Egypt's central bank, Tareq Amer, resigned on Wednesday, state media reported, with the Arab world's...
Morocco: At least 23 killed in bus crash in Khouribia
UPDATE: The death toll has been raised to 23 people, another 36 people were injured in the crash of a bus travelling...
Morocco: Intense wildfires in north Morocco blamed on arson
Three firefighters died and two others were seriously injured in a forest fire in northern Morocco that was suspected...
Morocco jails blogger for disrespecting religion
A Moroccan blogger has been sentenced to two years in prison for "offending the Muslim religion" after posts on...
Egypt: 41 killed in church fire in Giza
By Khaled Desouki Funerals were held in two Cairo churches Sunday evening for 41 victims of a fire that ripped through...
Morocco: Pressure on Prime Minister to resign over skyrocketing gasoline prices
By Ismail Bellaouali Morocco's Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, a billionaire petrol baron, is facing a growing online...
Migration: Hundreds of migrants rescued off the coast of Tunisia
Tunisian coastguards "rescued" more than 250 migrants who were attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, the...
Egypt detains three over viral video of mosque dancing
Egypt has detained three men after a video clip allegedly showing one of them singing and dancing at a mosque went...
Tunisia: UGTT union boss says IMF conditions for loans drastic and unacceptable
The head of Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union confederation on Thursday rejected conditions set by the ...
Tunisia: Regime uses military court to punish opponents of President Kais Saied
A Tunisian military court upheld a one-year prison sentence Friday against a prominent critic of President Kais Saied...
Tunisia arrests editor of news website Echahed
The head of a news website close to Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party has been arrested over alleged links to...
Morocco: Anger over soaring fuel prices
Petrol prices rose to record highs in Morocco on Thursday, fuelling anger among unions who demanded the government of...
Egypt: Sister of jailed dissident announces hunger strike
Egyptian activist Mona Seif announced Wednesday that she had begun a hunger strike in solidarity with her jailed...
Tunisia union confronts president with general strike
By Ezzedine Said Tunisia's main labour union holds a vast public sector strike Thursday to demand salary hikes and...
Tunisia: Union launches nationwide strike to demand pay raises, threatens actions against reforms
By Paul Raymond Flights were cancelled, public transport ground to a halt and government offices were closed in a...
Egyptian migrant dies in France after police shootout
An Egyptian migrant has died after being shot at by French police who tried to stop a van that had rammed through...