Libya
Greece sees migrant surge amid Libya-Turkey push for Mediterranean energy expansion
More than 5,000 migrants from Libya have landed on Crete and Gavdos since June, prompting EU chief Ursula von
Opinion
What budget cuts at the UN mean for development goals
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development opens on the 30th June and runs until the 3rd of July,
Egypt
Egypt seals $245m gas exploration deals to lure investors
Egypt’s state gas company EGAS has awarded six new exploration blocks worth $245 million in an effort to boost
Tunisia
Tunisia struggles to save ancient Sloughi desert hound
Once prized hunting companions of desert nomads, Tunisia’s ancient Sloughi hounds are now under threat from urbanisation, habitat loss,
Mauritania
Senegal-Mauritania GTA LNG project starts commercial phase
The Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) liquefied natural gas project off the coasts of Senegal and Mauritania has officially begun commercial
Morocco
Moroccan novelist wins Henri de Régnier Prize
“Souviens-toi des abeilles” wins French Academy prize Moroccan writer Zineb Mekouar has won the French Academy’s Henri de Régnier
Egypt
Teen laborers among 19 killed in Egypt road collision
A road accident in northern Egypt killed 19 people on Friday, most of them teenage girls working as day laborers.
Tunisia
Saudi signs $38 million development loan for Tunisia’s Oasis Hub Project
The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has agreed a $38 million loan with Tunisia, to finance the Oasis Hub Project
Opinion
Why the Maghreb and particularly Morocco, matters to India
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Morocco in early July as part of a five-nation tour
Morocco
Morocco’s BCIJ arrests woman linked to attempted ISIS terror plot
Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations (BCIJ) has arrested a 21-year-old female student suspected of planning a terrorist attack
Libya
IMF warns of overspending by Libya’s eastern authorities
The International Monetary Fund has warned that authorities in eastern Libya spent around 60 billion dinars ($12.5 billion) in
Tunisia
Tunisia U-turn on phosphate plant stirs outrage
Tunisia’s government has reversed its 2017 pledge to close a polluting phosphate plant in Gabes, AFP reports. Instead, it
Sahel
Jihadist group JNIM gains strength in Sahel chaos
Jama’at Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), an al-Qaeda-linked group, is expanding its hold across the Sahel by exploiting state