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Shell pulls funds out of European banks - 07/08/2012 NAU

For fear of the risks of economic crisis in the euro area, the Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell, today announced its wish to withdraw funds from European banks. Shell has made a firm decision to place $...

Tunisia has to give "positive signals" to foreign investors, says IMF - 07/08/2012 NAU - Agencies

A senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official called for Tunisia to send "positive signals" to the international community and foreign investors on Monday....

High-Level Defections, Escalating Violence Mark New Phase of Syrian Uprising - 06/08/2012 Samer Araabi - IPSNews

As government security forces continue a week-long siege of Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest city, high-ranking Syrian officials have begun to defect from the regime in record numbers....

Mali: population defies the Islamists in Gao - 06/08/2012 NAU - Agencies

Faced with Islamist groups, such as Mujao, trying to impose Sharia law, a portion of the population resisted in Gao. Demonstrators prevented amputation of the hand of a thief. To overcome the lack...

Tunisia considers Judicial Independence - 06/08/2012 NAU

The Consitutional Assembly is considering a draft bill for a temporary judicial council which Human Rights Watch (HRW) warns does not contain sufficient measures to protect judges against arbitary...

16 Egyptian soldiers killed near border with Israel - 06/08/2012 NAU

16 Egyptian soldiers and border guards at Rafah crossing were killed by armed attackers who then stole 2 armoured vehicles and attempted to enter Israel yesterday. One vehicle containing explosives...

Mali armed groups using hundreds of child soldiers: NGO - 06/08/2012 AFP

Hundreds of children have been forced into armed groups in northern Mali, some serving as soldiers and others used as sex slaves, rights campaigners told reporters Sunday....

Palestinian Bubble Set to Burst - 06/08/2012 Jillian Kestler-D'Amours - IPSNews

“It will collapse, and the collapse will be harder when it happens later,” says Tareq Sadeq, Palestinian economist and professor at Birzeit University, about the financial bubble building up in the...

This pathological fear of freedom - 06/08/2012 Soufiane Ban Farhat - La Presse de Tunisie

In many areas, it seems to work backwards. Actually, we also come to see the disadvantages and shortcomings of the spontaneous, unorganized revolution. The period of euphoria has passed and all...

New bookshop opens in Algiers - 06/08/2012 NAU - Agencies

A new shop devoted to books and cultural debates called “Emir Abdelkader Bookshop” was inaugurated on Saturday in Algiers, aiming at providing an extra space for local cultural actions....

Algerian electrical equipment: new products for developing the sector - 05/08/2012 NAU - Agencies

New activities such as the manufacturing of large power transformers and solar batteries for photovoltaic panels which are currently imported, will be taken for businesses by GSP-Cables and...

IMF report increases estimate of Tunisian growth rate by 2.7% in 2012 - 05/08/2012 NAU

The IMF Executive Directors report noted that following Tunisia’s political transition, the country faces pressing economic and social challenges, including elevated unemployment and regional...

Algeria 10 May legislative elections: EU observers report. - 05/08/2012 NAU - Agencies

The European Union election observation mission for 10 May 2012 legislative elections in Algeria expressed his satisfaction with "the cooperation and assistance" provided by Algerian authorities...

Turkey: Caught Between Syria’s Kurds and a Hard Spot - 05/08/2012 Dorian Jones - IPSNews

In a display of muscle-flexing, Turkish tanks this week carried out military exercises on the Syrian border, just a few kilometres away from towns that Syrian Kurds had seized from Syrian President...

Abdelkader Messahel in Niamey (Niger) for Sahel core countries meeting. - 04/08/2012 NAU - Agencies

Algerian Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel heads his delegation to the meeting of the core countries Ministers of the Sahel region, scheduled for Monday in Niamey, Niger....

Mauritania opposition demand that president resigns - 04/08/2012 AFP

A 10-party opposition bloc in Mauritania on Saturday signed a charter rejecting any solution to the country's political crisis that does not involve President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz' departure....

The UN Security Council will discuss Al Qaeda in the Sahel on 8 August - 04/08/2012 NAU

A debate on the situation in the Sahel will be held August 8 at the UN Security Council UN under the French presidency since August 2. It will...

France economy: Saving the car sector?- EIU - 03/08/2012 NAU

If the new government's handling of the crisis currently afflicting the car industry serves as a guide to its future conduct of industrial policy, there would be much to fear....

One man’s mission in the Berber mountains of Morocco - 03/08/2012 NAU - Agencies

A British man, Paul Foulsham, has created Kasbah Angour, a Berber castle-style hotel in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco (opened March 2011). Some would call it a labour of love, but Paul prefers to...

Algiers hinders the fight against terrorism - 03/08/2012 Le Matin

The U.S. State Department accuses the regime of Bouteflika over his role as an obstacle to efforts to eradicate extremist groups. The latest...