More than 200 people have been wounded in a second day of clashes in the Tunisian town of Siliana, medical officials have said.Security forces used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse...

A long outstanding international conference on a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East, scheduled to take place in Finland next month, has been postponed, giving rise to speculation on...

Brandishing flags and carrying banners denouncing “the new pharaoh”, thousands of protesters thronged to Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Tuesday to voice their opposition to President Mohamed Morsi’s...

Three people have been killed, more than 400 wounded and over 200 arrested as clashes between Egyptians protesting President Muhammad Morsi’s attempt to expand his presidential powers and...

The shareholders of the Moroccan bank have given their assent, to the management's request to seek financing from the international market,Reuters reports....

The Board of Directors of the World Bank approved the allocation of a US$500 million loan in budget support to Tunisia, confirmed Ms. Eileen Murray, Resident Representative of the World Bank in...

French-Algerian economic cooperation should be "stronger and faster," said the envoy of French President Jean Pierre Raffarin at the beginning of a three-day visit to Algeria....

Mali’s Prime Minister Malian Cheick Modibo Diarra was received on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 in Paris by the French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, and the diplomatic services of the Elysee. The...

French President Francois Hollande has met the owner of steel giant Arcelor Mittal, after saying he would discuss nationalising one of its plants.He earlier said nationalisation would be "part of...

Rabat, November 28, 2012 The regional project YAANI – The Young Arab Analysts Network International – initiated by the British Council in collaboration with Chatham...

Morocco has been asked to participate in the preparations for the African military operation to dislodge the violent Islamist groups occupying the northern Mali....

Given the growing interest in Islamic finance among financial actors, an international conference on finance was clearly needed. Thus, it is the economic capital, Casablanca, which has the...

Amidst reports that stalled negotiations with Iran over its controversial nuclear programme may soon be jump-started, many here are arguing that a mutually negotiated settlement remains the most...

Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi issued a controversial decree last week that temporarily puts his decisions beyond judicial challenge. While critics decry the move as a blatant power grab, the...

Demonstrations took place yesterday in Baida and Benghazi calling for federalism and dennouncing Libyan aid for Tunisia and dealings with Qatar....

President Moncef Marzouki and Ennahdha leader Rached Ghannouchi received the Chatham House prize as joint winners on Monday in London at the Royal Institute of International Affairs....

Kidnapped on November 20 in the west of by the Islamist movement Mujao, Gilberto Rodriguez Leal appeared for the first time in a video posted on Monday....

Algeria has awarded a USD1.06 billion contract to a South Korean consortium to build a combined cycle power plant in the North African country, Reuters reported....

Israel and Hamas signed a ceasefire agreement on Nov. 21 mediated by Egypt and the United States, to bring an end to eight days of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip and Hamas rocket fire onto...