The FTA was not an altruistic act, nor a charity; it was rather a strategy through which various unmentioned goals would later be achieved....

: Morocco’s government on Thursday denied claims that Salafists had destroyed stone carvings dating back more than 8,000 years in the High Atlas mountains....

In Warfare in Independent Africa William Reno examines the evolution wars in Africa since the days of anti-colonial struggles. While most work on African wars highlights how armed groups differ...

American roots music band The Boston Boys arrive in Morocco for a 3 city tour, with Moroccan musicians Abdellah El Miry and Mohammed El Azhar....

Algeria should boost a wealth- and job generating economy, less dependent on hydrocarbons, Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said this week.Outlining his government action plan before the Parliament...

The French supermarket, Monoprix, aims to be established soon in Morocco. "The sign of Monoprix will be deployed in Libya and Morocco in 2013", said Adel Ayed, CEO of the company Nouvelle Maison de...

Plan Receives Enthusiastic Support of CEO and Board Chairman. Leaders of Africa’s Internet community have unveiled a comprehensive plan designed to dramatically increase African involvement in...

The campaign to liberate Northern Mali has hit a snag says the Wall Street Journal (WSJ),Neither Mali nor its neighbours appear ready to send soldiers into a land war, against battle hardened...

In northern Mali, jihadists use the pretext of sharia criminal to satiate their desires: sexual abuse, trafficking in women and drugs, conscription of child soldiers in jihadist units included in...

Major General Zerad Chérif, head of the Algerian army's department of enrolment and preparation warned against the growth of terrorist groups' activities in the Sahel at a seminar organised by the...

A Moroccan court has jailed an activist with the February 20 protest movement for 12 years for taking part in an unauthorised protest, a rights group said on Tuesday, slamming the ruling as an act...

Stone carvings in Morocco's High Atlas mountains dating back more than 8,000 years and depicting the sun as a pagan divinity have been destroyed by Salafists, a local rights group said on Wednesday....

Tunisian journalists are staging a strike during the whole day on Wednesday to demand the establishment of freedom of expression.trouble has been brewing between the Ennhada led government and...

The security forces shot dead four terrorists yesterday in the wilaya of Tizi Ouzou, and captured another injured after two shot outs in Tadmait and Ain El Hammam,the daily newspaper El Watan reports...

The Tunisian city where I took my first steps is called El Kef. My first dreams and earliest ambitions were born in this city. Yet when most...

The second TV presidential debate saw President Obama produce a far sharper and more focused performance against Governor Romney. The two openents attacked each other onthe economy,energy,taxation...

European Union foreign ministers have agreed to take steps toward sending a non-combat, military training mission to the country to prevent it from becoming a terrorist haven,writes the German news...

France is sliding into a grave economic crisis and risks a full-blown “hurricane” as investors flee rocketing tax rates, the country’s business federation Medef has warned....

The Pentagon and U.S. State Department are rushing to help the Libyan government create an elite commando force to help combat extremists and rogue militias, according to internal U.S. government...