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Algeria is the only country in the Maghreb whose political system has remained in place during the Arab Spring and whose government does not have a majority islamic party in power. On 10 May the...

Two cooperation agreements, one on the training of Algerian trainee diplomats and senior executives and the other supporting entrepreneurship for graduates were signed Sunday in Algiers between...

A Swiss woman has been abducted in the rebel-held northern Malian city of Timbuktu, officials and residents said. The woman, a Christian...

The essay explores how the Moroccan political institution, an embodiment of the collectivist discourse, utilizes different media forms to convey messages about elections, to shape the minds of the...

The Algerian electoral campaign started on Sunday with 44 political parties competing for 462 seats. The campaign will end on 6 May with the elections on 10 May. The ministry issued a statement...

Disruptive diplomacy may be the only way out of the Iran-Israel nuclear crisis, the only way to pierce the hegemony of hypocrisy dominating the power politics of nuclear weapons control, of those who...

A few kilometres separate the two Lebanese villages of Ersal and Qaa from the Syrian border, both of which have been unwillingly drawn into the violence of the Syrian uprising. Unrest has been...

Morocco’s parliament on Wednesday passed the 2012 budget that targets a deficit below 5 percent and subjects corporates and alcohol to higher taxes as the government seeks to reduce wide social...

As the political instability of Egypt’s transition continues, the uncertainty is having a serious impact on the economy and foreign investment,the Economist Intellegence Unit (EIU)says....

Higher oil prices are threatening the global economy says the Economist Intellegence(EIU) as tensions are rising over Iran's nuclear programme....

Approximately 50 000 Dutch tourists planning to visit Tunisia, during the tourist season, said the charge d'affaires at theEmbassy of the Netherlands in Tunis, Charles Ooms, at the meeting held on...

Mali's new interim President, Dioncounda Traore, has threatened a "total war" against separatist rebels in the north.He called on the rebels to "return to the fold and to strengthen this nation...

Egypt expects to win IMF approval for a much-needed loan by mid-May, meaning it could receive some of the money before a new president is sworn in at the end of June, the Egyptian minister of finance...

The 7th Snow and Mountain Tourism World Congress, organised by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Principality of Andorra, in conjunction with the local authority of La Massana, is taking...

The Moroccan League for the Defence of Human Rights called on the international community to intervene to ensure the protection of the Sahrawis held against their will in Tindouf camps (Algeria’s...

The opening of the 20th edition of the computer, office and multimedia "SIB Sfax 2012" is marked by the launch of the 3G version of the Tunisian touch pad, after the release of version 5....

Moroccan author and publisher says drought, EU debt crisis have affected North African’s economy. The Islamist-led Moroccan government cannot...

The first President of Independent Algeria (1962-1965), Ahmed Benbella, died on Wednesday in Algiers at the age of 96 years, his relatives told APS. Ahmed Benbella who died at his family home in...

You don’t have to be Muslim to find good news in a recent study on mosque growth in the United States. Co-sponsored by the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), Hartford Institute on Religion, the...