Algeria and US discuss money laundering
US and Algerian officials conducted high-level meetings to discuss trends in financial crimes and money laundering activities reports Asharq Al-Awsat...
Year: 2024
Tunisia reports migrant deaths in Libyan waters
Tunisia’s migrant death toll climbs higher after the country’s coast guard collects nine bodies near Libyan waters, according to AP...
UN envoy to Libya despairs about elections status quo
UN envoy, Abdoulaye Bathily commiserates with Libyan citizens as their leaders bicker over electoral rules, according to Arab News. Special...
Libya: Rights group sheds light on police brutality
A prominent human rights organisation highlighted brutalities carried out by Libya's law enforcement agency on February 14. Amnesty International recently...
Niger-Morocco relations about to shift gear
Morocco appears to have developed new relations with a Sahel country which Washington would deem to be a Russian satellite...
Libya: Groundwater deluge floods coastal homes
Groundwater deluge is flooding coastal homes, streets, and farmland in north-western Libya, according to AFP on February 14th. Locals are...
Dua Lipa and Bella Hadid targeted by Israel’s deathwish song
A song calling for the murder of popstar Dua Lipa and model Bella Hadid is topping Israel’s charts, according to...
Muslim Brotherhood leader’s arrest extended by Tunisian regime
Opposition leader to the Tunisian government's regime, Rachad Ghannouchi faces an extended arrest, according to Asharq al-Aswat and agencies. Ghannouchi...
Tunisia opposition detainees begin hunger strike in prison
A number of Tunisian opposition figures have begun an open hunger strike after being detained for over a year Asharq...
Tunisia: 17 missing in boat heading to Italy
At least 17 Tunisian migrants are missing after an attempted voyage to the Italian coastline, according to Reuters. On the...
Moroccan authorities seize 3 tonnes of cannabis resin
As Morocco ramps up its war on drugs, the police foiled a major international trafficking scheme of cannabis on February...
Is France’s FM a friend or foe to Morocco’s Sahara bid?
Foreign minister, Stéphane Séjourné seeks to salvage Franco-Moroccan ties after offending Rabat, according to the Arab Weekly and agencies. On...
Ethiopia: rescue mission to free 20 miners stuck in cave
More than 20 artisanal miners remain stuck in a cave in a remote village in northern Ethiopia after it collapsed,...
1,300 lost at sea in 2023, Tunisian NGO claims
Just over 1,300 clandestine migrants died at sea attempting to get to the European continent from Tunisia last year, according...
EU chief calls on US to cut arms supplies to Israel
The European Union foreign policy’s chief, Josep Borrell, has nudged the United States to cut the provision of arms supplies...
