Security issues in North Africa have been in the news recently. There is news coverage in Spain about Morocco stepping...
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Tunisia’s weak economic performance compounded by late data releases
Tunisia’s political system is still compromised, but the economy is showing some signs of minimal recovery. However,...
Brief: Tunisia: The Lazy Governors
Funny news this week from Tunisia where the Presidency of the Republic announced the dismissal of two governors. They...
Tunisia: Unrest continues in southern Tunisia
Tataouine, Tunisia, June 22, 2020 - Protesters demanding jobs and the release of an activist in Tunisia's marginalised...
Tunisia: Unrest in Tataouine over unemployment
Tataouine, Tunisia, June 21, 2020 - Protesters demanding jobs in Tunisia's energy sector blocked roads with blazing...
Opinion: Tunisia, A Gulf Crisis Battleground
By Giorgio Cafiero (@GulfStateAnalyt) and Aicha El Alaoui: Over the past ten years, Gulf states—chiefly Qatar, Saudi...
Tunisia: Tragedy at sea as more than 50 migrants die off the coast of Sfax
Update: Tunis, June 11, 2020 - More than 50 people, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, died when a boat carrying...
Tunisian parliament rejects motion on France apology for crimes committed during colonial era
Updated 10 June 2020: Tunisia's parliament on Wednesday rejected a motion calling on France to apologise for crimes...
Maghreb: Conservatives control the court systems, religion dominates over civil liberties
(Photo: rally in Tunis in support of Emna Charki) - Rabat, May 27, 2020 - A Moroccan movie star has been prosecuted...
Tunisia announces staged reopening of economic and social activity
Tunisia will reopen places of worship, restaurants and hotels from June 4, authorities announced Thursday, more than...
Italy grapples with influx of immigrants
Rome, May 24, 2020 - Italian police on Sunday corrected a report that a record 400 migrants had landed on a beach in...
Tunisia: One migrant dies in failed attempted sea crossing
Tunis, May 23, 2020 - A boat carrying illegal migrants from Tunisia to Italy capsized on Saturday leaving one person...
Tunisia: Tourism sector loses over $2 billion with no sign of recovery
Tunis, May 18, 2020 - As the novel coronavirus pandemic wipes out a recovery from jihadist attacks in 2015, Tunisia's...
Tunisia: Encouraging signs in fight against Covid-19 in Tunisia
Tunis, May 11, 2020 - Tunisia on Monday urged continued vigilance against the novel coronavirus, a day after recording...
Maghreb: A Ramadan unlike no other
Algiers, May 7, 2020 (By Abdelhafid Daamache) - North Africans say they are missing the taste of Ramadan, as...
Tunisia: Partial easing of lockdown measures revealed
Tunis, April 29, 2020 - Tunisian officials on Wednesday announced a partial easing of lockdown measures in place to...
WHO advises MENA region against loosening confinement measures
Cairo, April 28, 2020 - The World Health Organization warned Tuesday of the impact coronavirus could have in Middle...
Week-in-review podcast: Lockdowns, curfews and government abuse
This is a retrospect on North Africa and the Sahel region, for the week ending 24 April. The review, which focuses on...
Tunisia taps into its tech resources to fight Covid-19
Tunis, April 25, 2020 (By Caroline Nelly Perrot) - The feared impact of coronavirus on Tunisia's fragile public health...
Tunisia: How Tunisian hospitals are coping with Covid-19
Tunis, April 22, 2020 - After a month of lockdown, Tunisian hospitals have not so far suffered the overcrowding some...
Tunisia: Blocked border prevents Tunisians from returning home
Ras Jedir, Tunisia, April 21, 2020 - Hundreds of Tunisians stranded for weeks in war-racked Libya due to the...
Tunisia sees progressive easing of confinement after 3 May
Tunisia's Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh has announced that a lockdown to fight the spread of coronavirus will be...
Tunisia: A Tunisian initiative to identify potential Covid-19 carriers
Tunis, April 17, 2020 - Tunisian engineers have created a web-based platform that scans lung X-rays and evaluates...
Tunisia gets emergency loan from the IMF
April 10, 2020 - The International Monetary Fund on Friday approved a $745 million emergency loan for Tunisia as it...
Public health: Inside North Africa’s healthcare systems
By Hamza Mekouar: The coronavirus pandemic has put the spotlight on shortcomings in health care in several North...
Food supply: The struggle to maintain normalcy in time of pandemic
Algiers, April 9, 2020 (By Abdellah Cheballah) - From an acute shortage of regional staple couscous to a surge of...
Tunisia’s zero-tolerance stance on those breaching containment measures
Tunis, April 7, 2020 - Tunisia's interior ministry warned Tuesday that people infected with coronavirus could be...
Tunisia: Untested Prime Minister gets super powers thanks to Covid-19
Tunisia's parliament on Saturday gave the prime minister special powers for two months to allow for the accelerated...
Maghreb: Media as collateral damage of Covid-19
April 2, 2020 - Measures to stem the novel coronavirus pandemic have affected the distribution and publication of...
Tunisia wants global approach to pandemic, but Security Council in disarray
April 1, 2020 - Tunisia has proposed a UN Security Council resolution calling for "urgent international action" to...
Maghreb: Anger in Tunisia and Morocco over poorly managed lockdown
Mnilha, Tunisie, March 31, 2020 - Several hundred Tunisians demonstrated in a working class district of the capital...
MENA (MidEast/North Africa) regimes increase their repression
Cairo, March 29, 2020 - Armoured vehicles in the streets, hundreds arrested, smartphone surveillance -- sweeping...
Tunisia: The women behind the mask
Tunis, March 26, 2020 - By Caroline Nelly Perrot: In Tunisia, 150 people -- mostly women -- have isolated themselves...
North Africa faces unprecedented economic crisis
Listen to the podcast above or read the transcript below. Download MP3 file here. 26 March 2020: By Arezki Daoud:...
The disastrous confinement of the poor and the mediocrity of Maghreb regimes
March 25, 2020 (By Sophie Pons) - In Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco, workers in informal jobs fear not only the novel...
North Africa’s incomprehensible night curfews
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: Persistent, logical and even unpopular policies must be implemented to fight the coronavirus....
Tunisia’s total confinement approach
Tunis, March 20, 2020 - Tunisian President Kais Saied on Friday declared a nationwide, round-the-clock self-isolation...
Editorial: 2020, the exceptional year
Editorial by Arezki Daoud: It’s official, Covid-19 is now North Africa’s biggest problem, just as it is for the entire...
17 March: Algeria and Tunisia announce mutual agreement to close land borders
Tunisia goes after speculators taking advantage of the pandemic
Tunisia’s law enforcement authorities have upped their campaign to limit the damage of the speculative practices that...
Tunisia brings back loudspeakers to get its message out and fight coronavirus
MEA Risk brief: The municipality of Tunis resuscitated the old means of communicating official statements with...
Several Muslim countries close mosques, conservatives push back
Several Muslim countries have decided to close their mosques and ban collective prayers to protect their populations...