South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and Morocco lead Tweeting on the continent In the first ever attempt to comprehensively map the use of Twitter in Africa, Portland and Tweetminster analysed over...

A new modern symbol towers above London Bridge, Europes highest builiding , is it a shot in the arm for London – or merely a symbol of Qatari financial muscle ? The Guardian asks....

Tunisia's Ennhada party has had difficulty dealing with the Salafists in Tunisia and an article in the newspaper Le Temps examines the nature of the Salafists' beliefs....

Several combatants or suspected supporters of the former Libyan regime were tortured to death in their place of detention, Amnesty International deplored reports of the "widespread" practice of...

Oil production in Libya has reached 1.3 million barrels per day, said the National Oil Cmpany (NOC) on its website on Thursday. Before the...

Moroccan Mediator for Democracy and Human Rights sent a memorandum to the Prime Minister on many issues related to human rights in the country recently....

During the interception of a convoy in Niger, a large quantity of Semtex (645 pounds) and 445 detonators were seized. According to the Niger authorities, the explosives were intended for the AQIM...

The Libyan Minister of Defense, Osama al Djouali visited Wednesday in Bani Walid, a former stronghold of Muammar Gaddafi 150 km southeast of Tripoli, whose inhabitants expelled the pro-government...

Detailed reports on the Algerian army are rare for understandable security reasons. Jeune Afrique in its issue for 8-14 January gives us a rare glimpse in to the heart of the Algerian army. If " La...

The tangible and intangible Amazigh heritage is honored at the new Museum of the Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA) in Paris, which opens to the public in February, the management of the IMA said on...

Algeria and Morocco have agreed to organize a bi-annual meeting of their Foreign Ministers to assess bilateral relations, Moroccan Foreign Minister Saad Eddine El Othmani said at a joint press...

The French daily La Croix on Tuesday focuses on the impact of the "symbolic" visit in Algeria of the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and of the reprochment of relations between...

The meeting bringing together the foreign ministers of the Sahel countries (Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and Niger) scheduled for Monday at Nouakchott will be used to review the plans to secure...

The Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci said Monday in Algiers that "there is a will" to strengthen bilateral relations between Algeria and MoroccoWelcoming the Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and...

Tunisian interim President Moncef Marzouki will pay an official visit to Morocco and Algeria beginning February 6th, declared Saad Eddine Othmani, Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs to Agence...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Kingdom of Morocco, Saad-Eddine El Othmani,will visit Algeria at the invitation of his Algerian counterpart, Mourad Medelci, on 23 and 24...

Moroccan Turkish Businesss Council will hold its first working bilateral meeting next Wednesday in Istanbul. The Turkish Presidency of the Council wasestablished in 2004 within the General...

The disruption and destruction during the Arab Spring in Libya and Tunisia has caused concern about its affect on oil and gas operations. Algeria has experienced no disruption in its hydro carbon...

"Orpheus", a show combining theater, music and dance, the Italian company "Scena Madre", was presented Thursday night in Algiers (el Mougar room) to a primarily Italian-speaking audience....