“Of course I want to defect but I cannot give up my salary. How could I possibly feed my 11 children?” The war is putting every Syrian on the brink, including this policeman on the side of...

On a visit to Laayoune the Economist correspondent assesses the situation in the Western Sahara.He meets a group of Sahrawis who say that even if Christopher Ross the UN special envoy is replaced...

President of the National union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) Nejiba Hamrouni denounced what she described as a “double standard” of the Government with regard to the media,reported TAP....

Global food prices soared by 10 percent in July from a month ago, with maize and soybean reaching all-time peaks due to an unprecedented summer of droughts and high temperatures in both the United...

The former Prime Minister and Presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq was placed on a watch list on wednesday he is accused of for an allegedly illegal sale of state land to Mubarak's sons, Gamal and...

In an interview with the Algerian daily El Watan, on Wednesday,.Modibo Goïta, Executive Advisor for training schools of the Malian army, spoke on the sensitive points of the situation in northern...

The owner of a private television channel was jailed in Tunisia on Thursday pending trial for corruption, an official said, in a case he has described as an attempt to stifle the media....

In the Daily Caller Richard Miniter, New York Times best selling author and columnist for Forbes, criticises Kerry Kennedy’s approach regarding the Western Sahara issue....

The visit of the President of the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation (RFK), Ms. Kerry Kennedy, which began in the Polisario camps in south west Algeria from August 29, 2012, was marked by extraordinary...

In terms of regional development intended investments dropt 13.9% in the first 7 months of 2012reaching 954.5 million Tunisian Dinars (TD) as against 1,108.7 million TD in the same period in 2011...

Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci underlined the importance of the " revitalization of the multilateral system, in his intervention in the ministerial meeting preparatory to the 16th Non-Aligned...

Imports continue to outstrip exports as deficit climbs an annual 10 per cent in March, state figures show.Egypt's trade deficit soared to LE19 billion ($3.1 billion) in May, 10.2 per cent higher than...

The last documentary feature film by Tunisian dircetor Mohamed Zran is to be screened on Thursday 30 August in a world preview at the 36th Montreal Film Ferstival which içs running from 22 August to...

A year ago Salim, a 23-year-old from the ancient Tunisian city Gafsa decided to leave his country using a smugglers’ network notorious for transporting desperate Tunisian citizens to Europe by boat....

Libya’s interim interior minister, Fawzi Abdel-Ali ,returned to work Tuesday, two days after he resigned following attacks by hardliners on Sufi Muslim shrines as police watched, prompting harsh...

British Petroleum has announced plans to start its $2 billion deep-sea drilling program next year, under a joint exploration and production (E&P) agreement with the National Oil Corporation, Libya...

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi announced that he would not consider raising taxes or devaluing the currency in order to promote economic recovery, relying instead on investment, tourism, and...

Marrakech : Le défunt avait 44 ans et vivait et travaillait à la cité ocre en tant que gérant de restaurant. A 15h00 de l’après midi du Lundi 27 août, une femme de ménage, en rentrant au domicile de...

UK visitors to Tunisia more than doubled last month, with a 50.7% increase on July 2011. The resilient country saw a 7.2% increase on the country’s record-breaking visitors figures of July 2010...