Two new political initiatives are being discussed in Tunisia as secular parties seek to unite. Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali ha ssaid that elections be called earlier than March 2013....

Moroccan media reports that the PJD has come under pressure to put solving the country's problems first and act more like a party in government....

The on-going hunger strike of nine Algerian court clerks, coupled with the government’s indifference to their demands for an independent labour union, have stirred debate about Algeria’s role in...

"Algeria is a valuable partner in the UK and a key player in the region," Burt said in a press briefing with the Minister Delegate in charge of Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel....

President-elect Mohamed Morsi, the first Islamist to gain access to the highest office in Egypt, Sunday, June 24 promised it would be the president of "all Egyptians," calling for national unity and...

The Head of the Libyan government until the last days of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, Baghdadi Mahmoudi, was extradited to Libya on Sunday morning....

Fouad Salem President of the Election Commission gave a long justification of its work and the difficulties and critcism it faced and then reviewed the results of all the disputed votes and the...

Links forged whilst fighting in the jihad in Afghanistan against the Russians in the 1990's are still influential in the developing struggle between extremist jihad and democracy in North Africa...

The continued exodus of Somalis to Kenya and Ethiopia has fuelled the debate on a new issue of global concern: climate refugees, driven from their homes and across borders by extreme weather events....

A week after Egypt’s presidential runoff between the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi and Mubarak-era premier Ahmed Shafiq, the military’s preferred candidate, both men continue to claim victory...

Algeria has set aside 56 billion dinars (560 million euros, $720 million) to modernise its hotels and thermal baths, the tourism minister said on Thursday, as the country seeks to boost sectors...

Education reform remains a national priority for Morocco, which is working to reduce youth unemployment and provide studentswith better training to match job market offerings....

Following trips to Algeria to meet President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and France where he saw Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and Mauritania where he met President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, interim Prime...

The Economist noted the mix of international businessmen at the Tunisian investment conference at Gammarth on 11 and 12 June. Businessmen from...

Morocco is the second safest country after Tunisia that despite the troubles of the Arab spring is the most efficient state in the Maghreb....

Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (TAQA), a state-owned oil explorer and power supplier, has signed a $1.4 billion financing arrangement for the expansion of its power plant in Morocco, it said in a...

The Rio +20 summit pledged Friday to promote a "green economy" saving the planet's natural resources and eradicating poverty, while the critics homed in on its lack of binding targets and funding....

U.S. counterterrorism measures are under intense scrutiny from United Nations (U.N.) experts and civil rights groups declaring drone strikes illegal under current frameworks....

In finding a way to survive a 36 percent cut in sugar prices, Mauritian farmers are not only exporting a variety of fruit and vegetables to the European Union, but they have also begun farming in a...