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A recent seminar in Tunis tackled the issue of what the organisers, the Liberal Social Party, described as the rise in Islamist extremism in television broadcasting. The Qatar-based... 2008-09-26

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Libya as part of a tour of North Africa in early September. The visit, and her meeting with Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi, marked another... 2008-09-26

Algerian police claim to have intercepted a planned terrorist attack on the presidential palace in Algiers. According to reports in local daily El Khabar, the would-be perpetrator... 2008-09-26

Human rights groups have welcomed the decision by a Moroccan appeal court to dismiss the jail sentence and fine imposed on a blogger deemed to have insulted King Mohammed IV. Mohammed... 2008-09-26

Morocco's trade deficit deepened in July to US$2.099bn, up 44.2% y-o-y, on the back of soaring energy import costs. With oil prices now well down from their July peak, we expect the... 2008-09-26

Libya has blocked oil shipments to Switzerland in retaliation for the arrest of Colonel Qadhafi's son, Hannibal Qadhafi, on charges of assault. He was held by police in Geneva for... 2008-07-25

Moroccan police have hailed a victory in their fight against the Kingdom's thriving illegal drugs trade. In a series of raids along the northern Moroccan coast, police seized more... 2008-07-24

In a surprise move, the Tunisian authorities have released Slim Boukhdhir, a journalist who had been imprisoned on charges of violating public decency. When he was sentenced seven... 2008-07-24

Algeria has played host to successful peace negotiations between Tuareg rebels and the Malian government, ending almost a year of violent clashes in the desert country that borders... 2008-07-24

Libya has slammed plans by the European Union (EU) for a pan-Mediterranean political and economic sphere. The so-called Union for the Mediterranean is to be officially launched in... 2008-06-24