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Islam: Yusuf al-Qaradawi, prominent Sunni scholar with major influence on North Africa, dies at 96
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a prominent Sunni scholar and spiritual leader of Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood movement, has...
Western Sahara human rights defender Sultana Khaya released after 19 months of house arrest
Human rights defender Sultana Khaya arrived in southeastern Spain Friday where she will receive medical treatment for...
Algeria buries ex-president Bouteflika in muted funeral
By Abdellah Cheballah with Francoise Kadri in Tunis: Algeria on Sunday buried Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the North African...
Mali: Son of former president faces demand for his arrest
By Serge Daniel A year ago, times were good for Karim Keita. The son of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita had become a...
Sahel: Profile of Niger’s new president, Mohamed Bazoum
By Boureima Hama - Mohamed Bazoum, named the winner of Niger's presidential election, worked for years as the...
Egypt: Al-Jazeera’s Mahmoud Hussein free at last after spending four years in Egyptian prison
By Mona Salem with Gregory Walton in Doha - Egypt has freed a journalist for Qatar's Al Jazeera, a security source...
Mali: Less than two months after his release by Jihadists, opposition leader Soumaila Cisse has died of Covid-19
Malian opposition leader Soumaila Cisse has died of coronavirus aged 71, his family and party said Friday, after being...
Organization: Polisario Front (Western Sahara)
Region: Western Sahara
Sahel: Former president of Mali, Amadou Toumani Toure dies in Bamako
Mali's former president, Amadou Toumani Toure, who steered the Sahel nation to democracy and led it for a decade...
Power politics in the Sahel: Profile of a Sufi leader
Cattle herders, traders and heads of state are among the people who have sought the ear of the sharif of Nioro, one of...
Algeria: Oligarch Ali Haddad gets 18 years in prison
An Algerian court on Wednesday handed heavy prison sentences to several former allies of ousted president Abdelaziz...
Morocco: Former Premier El-Youssoufi dies at 96
Former Moroccan Prime Minister Abderrahmane El-Youssoufi, well known for his pro-Maghreb political views, died on 29...
Literature: The Plague by Albert Camus
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Egypt: New coronavirus cases detected in Egypt
Cairo, March 6, 2020 - Egypt detected 12 new cases Friday of the novel coronavirus among workers aboard a Nile cruise...
Tunisia: Journalist and rights activist Lina Ben M’henni dies at 36
Tunis, Jan 27, 2020 - Acclaimed Tunisian blogger Lina Ben Mhenni, who chronicled the popular uprising that toppled...
Tunisia: Former dictator Ben Ali dies in Saudi Arabia
While the Tunisian people are preparing to chose their new president, former dictator from 1987 to 2011, Zine El...
Profile: Selma Elloumi Rekik
Profile: Abdelfattah Mourou
Profile: Youcef Chahed
Algeria: court issues arrest warrant on Khaled Nezzar, ex-General accused of alleged mass killings in the 1990s
Algiers, Aug 6, 2019 - An Algerian court has issued an arrest warrant against a former defence minister and army...
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...
Algerian Islamist leader Abassi Madani dies in Qatar
Algiers, April 24, 2019 (AFP) - The founder of an outlawed Algerian opposition party that pushed for the creation of...
People Profile: Ahmed Ouyahia, Algerian Politician
People profile: Mohamed Mediene, Algerian Intelligence
People profile: Algeria’s Ali Haddah
Organization: UGTA Labor Union
People profile: Algeria’s Ramtane Lamamra
People profile: Algeria’s Lakhdar Brahimi
Algeria: Mourad Medelci, Constitutional Council Chief and ally of the President, dies of illeness
The president of the Constitutional Council of Algeria, Mourad Medelci, 76, died early on 28 January after battling...
Profile: Algeria’s Ahmed Gaid Salah
Profile: Algeria’s Ali Benflis
COUNTRY PROFILE
Egypt: Activist Ahmed Douma gets 15 years in prison
Cairo, Jan 9, 2019 - A leading figure in Egypt's 2011 revolution [see profile here] was handed 15 years in prison on...
Profile: Ahmed Douma, Egyptian Political Activist and Blogger
A leading figure in Egypt's 2011 revolution was handed 15 years in prison on Wednesday after a retrial, a judicial...
People: Abdelkader Messahel, Algeria (Wiki)
Organizations: Islamic State (Wiki)
Organizations: Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Wiki)
People: King Mohammed VI of Morocco (Wiki)
Regions: Al_Hoceima, Morocco (Wiki)
Tunisia: Courts sentence ousted President Ben Ali and others in corruption cases
The North Africa Journal - March 6, 2017 - Former Tunisian strongman Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, currently exiled in and...
UN envoy to Western Sahara resigns
American diplomat Christopher Ross has submitted his resignation to the United Nations Secretary General, Antonino...