Identifying Tunisia’s binding constraints to broad-based growth
The Government of Tunisia, the African Development Bank and the United States Government have released a report
Category Archives: North Africa
Security Council Committee Concerning Libya amends its travel ban and ...
NEW YORK, March 22, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – On 20 March 2013, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya updated the entry specifi...
Danish protest against Moroccan kangaroo court
Today, representatives of Danish solidarity organization Africa Contact, the Danish political party the Red-Green Alliance, Polisario, and others staged a protest outside the Moroccan Embassy ...
Libya after Ghadaffi – For better or for worse?
Despite western euphoria that greeted the NATO-led UN mandate of the “Responsibility to protect” (R2P) as “mission accomplished” following the death of Moamar Ghaddafi a year ago, Libya is still at w...
Moroccan human rights violations on the rise
“Severe beatings, sexual violence, and other forms of ill-treatment [against migrants] appear to be on the rise,” United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Méndez, said Saturday after re...
Tunisian President pardons 1,300 prisoners
After convening a meeting with Justice Minister Noureddin B’Hiri, Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on Wednesday officially pardoned an estimated 1,300 prisoners while marking the Country’s national...
Libya’s Liberal Coalition beats Islamist parties in polls
According to reports revealed on Tuesday, Libya’s liberal coalition beat the Islamist parties in a rather hotly contested first poll since the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi. But it remains uncertain as t...
Mauritania’s emergency food programme is under fire
NOUAKCHOTT, Mohamed Abderrahmane - (IPS) - The sun is beating down on Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, and Habi Amadou Tidjane Diop is a tired and frustrated woman. Seated on an empty upturned bu...
Algeria: 5 terrorists killed in an ambush, shoot out in Kabylia
Five terrorist who were believed to be members of the group Al Qaida in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) have been killed in an ambush staged in Tuesday night in the region of Takhoukht in Kabylia by the Alger...
While economic crisis looms to the North, outlook for Algeria is posit...
There are an abundance of articles written nearly everyday related to the travails of the Eurozone and its inability to generate growth among the majority of its member states, but very little is sai...
Morocco criticised for Western Sahara human-rights violations in Amnes...
“Security forces used excessive force against protesters. Critics of the monarchy and state institutions continued to face prosecution and imprisonment, as did Sahrawi advocates of self-determination...
Algeria: 16 political parties to boycott parliament
Disappointed with the results of the May 10 parliamentary elections, 16 political parties took on Monday, a decision to boycott the chamber and call for the draft of a new constitution. The political...
Wave of violence threatens Presidential Elections in Egypt as proteste...
Cairo - Shahira Amin* – Violent clashes between protesters staging a sit-in outside the Defence Ministry Headquarters in Cairo’s Abbasseya district and unknown assailants killed at least 20 p...
The National Liberation Front (NLF) wins the elections in Algeria
The final results in Algeria’s parliamentary elections confirm an overpowering victory for the national liberation front (NLF) who will dominate the future parliament with 220 representatives. Polls ...
Algeria – Four policemen shot dead in Mekla
A terrorist attack in Mekla in the Algeria’s Kabylie region has killed 4 policemen and wounded others according sources in the local medical sphere. The incident occurred Monday April 30 at around mi...
In Algeria – parliamentary elections candidates redouble campaig...
Ahead of the Algeria ’s parliamentary elections on May 10 pre-election campaign launched in April 15 is in its fifth day and thousands of contenders are intensifying their campaigns. Independent cand...