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Happy New Year !

North Africa United wishes all our readers a very happy and prosperous 2013 with peace, understanding and tolerance.Together, united with goodwill and determination, we can overcome the challenges...

Canada could send military advisors to Mali

Canada is considering sending soldiers as advisors in Mali to participate in the training of troops to be sent to the north to hunt armed Islamists who have taken control there, said Defence Minister...

Algeria's FLN party looses its senate majority

The FLN,won 17 out of the 48 seats that were submitted to a vote. It now has a total of 39 seats, down from its previous 56 in the 144-seat upper house.It has a majority in the lower house of...

Tunisia :The ball is in the Politician's court.

Is there a way to clean up the general political climate in the country to curb the phenomenon of violence, promote the path of dialogue and consensus and to lay the foundations of a pluralistic...

Libya Coptic church blast kills two Egyptians

Two Egyptians have been killed and two injured in an explosion at a Coptic church building over the weekend near the Libyan city of Misrata, according to officials....

Hillary Clinton in hospital with blood clot following fall

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been admitted to the Presbyterian Hospitall in New York with a blood clot, officials say.Mrs Clinton suffered a concussion earlier this month after fainting...

Women and Knowledge in the Mediterranean

The prestigious publishing house Routledge (UK) has just published a book in English entitled Women and Knowledge in the Mediterranean (Women and Knowledge in the Mediterranean Region ). The book is...

Obama: U.S. has good leads on who carried out Benghazi attacks

The United States has some "very good leads" about who carried out the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans including the U.S. ambassador in September, President Barack Obama said...

Libya: Government warns against disrupting state work

The government has criticised those who “disrupt the work of the government and state institutions in an irresponsible way” at a press conference in Tripoli....

Egyptian President appeals for unity

The Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi, has appealed to Egyptians to work together to rebuild the country. In a speech to the upper house of parliament, the Shura, which is Egypt’s sole legislative...

Tunisia: Democratic MPs demand settlement of Sami Fehri's case

Members of the Democratic group at the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) asked Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali to intervene to find a settlement to the situation of private TV channel Ettounissia...

Renovating an Embattled City

Every day, Anas Maraka sees his family’s home, but can’t go inside. “It’s hardest for my grandfather,” said Maraka, referring to the house overlooking Shuhada Street, once the central marketplace in...

Tunisia: The draft of the Constitution is catastrophic, according to the president of the Union of Judges

The draft of the Tunisian constitution is catastrophic. Remains below expectations of political parties and organizations of human rights, said Raoudha Laabidi, Judge and President of the Union of...

Algerian Tourism development plans to be adopted

A bill for seven management plans for the expansion of tourist areas (ZET) will shortly be submitted to the Government for adoption, said Secretary of State for Tourism, Haj Amin Mohamed Said....

Constantine will be the capital of Arab culture for 2015

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika instructed the Government, through the Ministry of Culture, to begin onsultations with Arab authorities responsible for cultural affairs for Constantine which will be...

The Algerian artist Rachid Koraichi exhibits in California

Algerian artist Rachid Koraichi presents his collection "The invisible masters", which won the 2011 British Jameel Prize prize as part of an exhibition held at Stanford University in California...

Mohamed Abbadi: Al Adl Wa Al Ihsan to be a factor of stability in Morocco

The newly elected secretary general of the Islamist dissident movement Al Adl Wa Al Ihsan reassured in a statement about the designs of his movement for the future of Morocco....

Marrakech : Heurts et Violences dans une manifestation contre la cherté de l’électricité

Marrakech : Le quartier Sidi Youssef Ben Ali fut théâtre de violents heurts entre manifestants contre les chertés des factures d’eau et d’électricité et les forces de police. Les heurts se sont...

Libyan Interior Ministry to set up body to investigate police complaints

The Ministry of Interior yesterday said that it is planning to set up a special committee to investigate complaints made by citizens against abuses committed by police officers....

Algeria will increase its LNG production capacity

Algeria from 2014 Algeria will have 60 million m3 liquefied natural gas (LNG) capacity against 44 million m3 now, thanks to the commissioning of two new trains at Skikda and Arzew, APS reported....