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On 6 March micro-blogging service Twitter announced the launch of its Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and Urdu versions. It all started with the grassroots #LetsTweetInArabic campaign by a handful of users...

Those who thought Libya’s new era began with the death of the deposed leader, Muammar Gaddafi in October 2011, will have to wait a little longer. As the UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon so aptly put...

More than 10 people were killed in clashes on Monday in Libya between Toubou tribesmen and residents of the southern city of Sabha, local officials said to AFP....

The work of the extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the situation in Mali, where the military seized power by force, began on Tuesday in Abidjan....

The moderate Islamist Ennahda party, which leads Tunisia's government, will not back calls by conservatives to make Islamic law, or sharia, the main source of legislation in a new constitution, a...

Amnesty International says there was a surge in the number of executions carried out worldwide in 2011, mainly centred in the Middle East. An...

Oxford University Press in New York has released a reference book the "Dictionary of African Biography" which contains an article on Chaibia Tallal (1929-2004), by Osire Glasier, History Department....

The second global summit on nuclear security ended to day in Seoul, attended by almost 60 world leaders including President Obama and UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon and the Director General of...

With a view to promoting artistic creativity and cultural exchange, the British Council invites Arun Ghosh (British clarinet player, composer and pedagogue, of Asian origin) and two British musicians...

Following significant critical acclaim and audience enthusiasm for its debut tours, Caravanserai: A place where cultures meet returns for a second season featuring artists from Morocco....

The death of Pope Shenouda highlights the quandaries faced by Coptic Christians. The Economist reflects on the recent death of Coptic Pope...

Malian soldiers on Sunday repelled a fresh attack by Tuareg rebels in the north reports AFP. The Tuareg had said they were advancing on the key...

Moroccan Minister of Communication and government spokesperson, Mustapha El Khalfi, said on Sunday in Algiers,that Morocco and Algeria have "the political will" to strengthen their reconciliation....

Morocco should enact a meaningful law on domestic violence and repeal the penal code provision that in practice has allowed men accused of raping or having sex with minors to avoid prosecution if...

A majority of political representatives have so far maintained their distance from the leaders of a coup that toppled the government earlier this week, but several religious and political...

The coup in Mali has brought a chaotic regional situation into focus.Gaddafi's financial support for regional conflicts and regimes earned him many friends in Africa like the Tuareg who fought for...

Egypt will launch a scheme on Saturday to reduce its budget deficit by selling plots of land near Cairo to Egyptians living abroad, the housing minister said on Tuesday, with the aim of raising $15...

The President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz will pay his first official visit outside of the EU to Rabat, Morocco, where he will also take part in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union...

Tunisia needs more than two billion dinars to accelerate the achievement of regional development projects, including the protection of cities against floods, the development of electricity grids and...