North Africa

The French president Emmanuel Macron has asked for forgiveness from the Harkis Algerians who fought for France during Algeria’s war of independence. Mr Macron faced heckling from Harkis in the audience as he said France had failed in its duties to them. He promised a monument and legislation on reparations …

Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the Algerian former president is no more. His death was announced on the national television through a statement from the presidency. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was President of Algeria for twenty years, died Friday, September 17, at the age of 84. The cause of his death was not mentionned. …

Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, the Egyptian president has been severely criticized on social media after announcing his intention to build the country’s largest prison complex. For critics of the president, he should build hospitals, schools and houses in the country which has a severe housing shortage and a water crisis. “I …

Libyan forces loyal to the eastern-based commander, General Khalifa Haftar, have been clashing in the south of the country with rebels from neighbouring Chad, BBC News reports. Gen Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army said it had carried out air strikes. The rebels, from a group called the Front for Change …

Security forces in Morocco say they have broken up a cell of militants linked to the Islamic State (IS) group. The dismantling led to the arrest of three jihadists. The three suspected whose names are not revealed, are members of the Islamist State (IS) group and were arrested in the …

South Sudanese authorities say more than 80 people have been killed by flooding since the beginning of the rainy season. According to figures announced by the spokesperson for the Sudanese National Council for Civil Protection, the floods which affected at least 14 of the 18 provinces left 84 dead and …

Moroccan King Mohammed VI has appointed Aziz Akhannouch as the country’s new prime minister and asked him to form a government. Aziz Akhannouch is member of the liberal National Rally of Independents (RNI) which emerged as the biggest party in Wednesday’s parliamentary election, crushing the Islamists who had led the …

Lawyers of the Tunisian MP and critic of the president, Yassine Ayari have announced that their client is due to begin a hunger strike to protest against his detention. Yassine Ayari who suffers from ulcers according to his lawyers, started this hunger strike in order to protest against “a civilian …

In Morocco, legislative and local elections are currently being held. No big political rallies could be held because of the coronavirus pandemic. The moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party has led Morocco’s coalition governments over the past decade, but analysts say voters feel that parliament has little meaningful influence, BBC …

Authorities in Libya have announced that security forces have arrested a senior Islamic State group figure. It is about Embarak al-Khazimi who was captured at Bani Walid, south-east of the capital, Tripoli. According to Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, the arrest of Embarak al-Khazimi was a great success that …