Prosecutors demand 20-year jail term for ex-Mauritanian president
Mauritanian prosecutors have demanded an appeals court impose a 20-year jail sentence on former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz for...
Month: February 2025
Tunisia “astonished” at UN criticism of human rights record
Tunisia has expressed “deep astonishment” after the United Nations (UN) accused it of political crackdowns, dismissing the criticism as inaccurate....
Forced Palestinian displacement condemned by African nations
The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) has condemned any plan for the forced displacement of Palestinians from their land and adopted a...
Algeria: Foreign minister makes first Spain visit since 2022
The Interior Minister of Algeria, Ibrahim Murad, has completed an official state visit to Spain, the first in three years....
France expands sanctions against Algeria
Frances new foreign minster is set to impose sanctions on Algeria as diplomatic efforts to mend relations fail. According to...
Algeria state oil firm signs deal with China-based Sinopec
Sonatrach, the state oil and gas firm in Algeria said on February 25th that it had signed a contract for...
Carrie Schenkel and James Storen: MENA region needs platform politics
The organization of political parties has served multiple distinct roles in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In many...
Sudan outraged as Kenya supports parallel government
The military-backed government in Sudan has reacted furiously to ‘irresponsible and hostile’ support from Kenya over the formation of a...
Eskom announces controlled outages in South Africa
South African power provider Eskom have announced controlled outages, involving cutting around 3,000 megawatts of electricity from the grid due...
Canary Islands and Mauritania meet to discuss illegal migration
Canary Islands President has travelled to Mauritania to discuss the problem of illegal migration, reported by Atalayar on February 19th....
Egypt rejects parallel government in Sudan
Egypt rejects the establishment of a parallel government in Sudan, the Sudanese Foreign Ministry announced on February 23rd according to...
USAID cuts by Trump causing hunger in Sudan
The freezing of development aid from the US known as USAID by president Donald Trump has forced the closure of...
Discussions over future of Syria begin at National Conference
In Syria, the National Dialogue Conference has kicked off on February 24th which is intended to chart the political future...
Israel stops families from welcoming Palestinian prisoners in Egypt
Israeli authorities are preventing the families of Palestinian prisoners from meeting them in Egypt when released. According to Middle East...
US imposes economic sanctions on Iranian oil
The US State and Treasury departments have levied a barrage of economic sanctions on 22 people and 13 ships linked...