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Ali Zidan has been elected the new prime minister of Libya, just one week after the previous incumbent, Mustafa Abushagur, was dismissed by the National Congress in a vote of no confidence....

Morocco is seeing an alarming rise in the number of babies abandoned by single mothers, activists said on Saturday, blaming social prejudice and outdated legislation for the problem....

The video of the President of Ennahdha, Rached Ghannouchi, released last Wednesday made a huge buzz in social networking, was relayed as a wildfire in all media, has caused great controversy and...

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz has been shot and wounded in what officials say was an accident. They say he is now being treated for a light injury at a military hospital in the...

By now, most people with access to the news have heard that once again, the Arab world is in major turmoil.The events that took place on 14 September, when mobs of protesters attacked the US...

A failure to focus on small-scale economics could be the most significant obstacle to stability in North Africa in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, economists, diplomats and development workers...

A spokesman for AlQaeda associated group Mujao,Oumar Ould Hamaha threatened to "open the doors of hell" for French citizens if France kept pushing for a war to retake the rebel-held north, Le...

The Security Council of the UN passed a unanimous resolution that urges West African countries to clarify their plans for military intervention intended to reconquer northern Mali, controlled by...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a conference at the Center of Strategic and International Studies CSIS, under the theme, 'Maghreb in transition' on Friday, October 13th, ....

110 people were reported injured on Friday as supporters and opponents of Mr Mursi fought in Tahrir Square over President Mohamed Morsi's attempt to remove Prosecutor General Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud...

The president of the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) Mustapha Ben Jaafar, announced, a first draft of the Constitution would be presented to MPs in November....

The protection of religion and the way to deal with the Salafist movement were the major issues discussed at a meeting, in Carthage, between interim President Moncef Marzouki and some Salafist...

President François Hollande said on Thursday that he would not commit French combat troops to future military operations against Islamic militants in northern Mali, but would help with logistical...

With proven reserves of natural gas from the Panda Gas Field, estimated at 1.2 billion m3, Mauritania will soon move into the area of electric generation ....

The release of six French hostages held in the Sahel, and military intervention in northern Mali are "not inconsistent" François Hollande said Thursday....

Algeria has always said it was "legitimate" to use all means, "including force," to eradicate terrorist groups and their affiliates of transnational organized crime in the Sahel, and "is not for an...

Chariot Oil & Gas has become the latest Oil and Gas company to invest in Morocco. it has increased its West African exploration portfolio with the acquisition of stakes in two offshore licences...

A group of Tabu fighters with mud-splattered trucks rest on the outskirts of Zweila, a small historic slave-trade stop in Libya’s southwest Sahara.Far from their home base of Kufra, hundreds of miles...

Child soldiers can be bought from families for as little as £375 sterling by Islamist groups including AQMI in northern Mali using money from ransoms and drug trafficking while imposing Sharia law,...