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Algeria needs to'' rethink'' the operation of its industry (Minister)

Algeria needs to rethink the "logic of functioning and development" of its industry to meet the challenges imposed by the current international economic situation, the Minister of Industry, Small...

Muslim Brotherhood FJP member becomes Speaker in Egyptian Upper House of Parliament.

A member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party has been elected speaker of Egypt’s upper house of parliament. The move came...

Morocco: Internet on the go

Long one of the best performing segments in the Kingdom’s economy, Morocco’s information and communications technology (ICT) sector is continuing its rapid expansion but with a renewed focus, with...

Algeria refuses to extradite the Gaddafi family

Algeria has been plagued for months by the withering criticism of members of the National Transitional Council, in power in Libya due to the hosting of Gaddafi family members....

Algeria ready to help mediate in Mali

Algeria reiterated its readiness to mediate in the conflict in northern Mali, Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci siad on Monday in Algiers, APS reports....

Burkino Faso and Algeria : total convergnce of views.

The Algerian Minister in charge of Maghreb and African Affairs, Mr. Abdelakader Messahel said in Algiers that there is a "total convergence" of views between Algeria and Burkina Faso on "major"...

Algerian Elections 2012 : The parties are calling for a strong participation in legislative elections, especially the young.

Several political parties focused on Saturday on the role of youth in the coming parliamentary elections on May 10, calling for a high turnout, further underlining the importance of the speech...

Morocco has everything it needs to integrate with the market economy and accelerate its development (Baraka)

Mr. Amara pleaded for the promotion of innovation and the knowledge society, so as to anticipate the future and for the revision of the governance by fostering cooperation and coordination among...

Libya demands the extradition of Gaddafi family members.

Algerian-Libyan relations are about to enter a new turbulent period not long after the calm that began with the arranged meeting in Doha in November 2011, between President Bouteflika and the...

Tunisia:The government needs to control disruption

Despite the mulitplication of protests and pressure from radical Islamists the country resists and somehow manages to escape total collapse in post-revolutionary chaos, an article in Jeune Afrique...

"The United States is for a mutually acceptable solution to the Sahara issue" -Hillary Clinton

Taib Fassi Fihri, adviser to His Majesty the King, received the US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday in Rabat. On this...

Clinton in Algeria for Talks

Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci, who visited Washington last May and invited the Secretary of State to Algeria, had been at the airport to meet Clinton, and the two were expected to...

Clinton Pledges aid for Tunisia

Washington will help Tunisia rebuild its economy and cement democracy, as the cradle of the Arab Spring struggles with reforms I come with a...

Mali Tuareg rebels deny Qaeda links: El Watan

Mali’s main Tuareg rebellion denied accusations of links with al-Qaeda’s North African branch in an interview published by an Algeria paper Friday....

Misrata Rebuilds, Slowly

This week more than half the residents eligible to vote in Libya’s embattled coastal city of Misrata cast their ballots for local council representatives in their first democratic election in...

Date of UN talks on the Western Sahara announced

The next round of United Nations-backed informal talks aimed at reaching a settlement in the Western Sahara dispute will take place next month....

Sheikh Saleh Kamel reaffirms the willingness of his Group to invest in Tunisia.

Sheikh Salah Abdallah Kamel, Chairman of "Dallah Al Baraka" welcomed the democratic transition in Tunisia, which has achieved the objectives of the revolution in the fight against corruption and...

Kofi Annan named as Joint UN Special Syrian Envoy

The United Nations on Thursday named its former Secretary General, Kofi Annan, as the international troubleshooter to try to end the Syrian government's deadly crackdown on protests...

Moroccan-Algerian relations: the risks of isolation

The change in position of Algeria concerning its relations with Morocco may reflect an awareness on the part of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of the risk of isolation of his country because of...

Mali clashes displace nearly 130,000, UN warns

Nearly 130,000 people have been displaced by fighting between Tuareg rebels and government forces since mid-January in Mali, the UN has warned.Adrian Edwards a UN spokesman warned that basic supplies...