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Algerian Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel and Libyan Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Mohamed Abdelaziz signed an agreement on April 16 to improve security... 2012-04-27

Secular opposition parties stormed Tunis' Habib Bourguiba Avenue on April 9, in defiance of a ban on rallies in the area. As the police used tear gas and batons to disperse the crowd,... 2012-04-27

Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane has spoken out against the monarchy for the first time since his election in November 2011, in rare criticism that could signify the beginning of... 2012-04-26

Former fighters in Libya opened fire on the headquarters of the council of ministers on April 10 to protest against the government's decision to stop cash reward schemes. No casualties... 2012-04-25

The Movement for a Peaceful Society, an Algerian moderate Islamist party, has withdrawn its support for the governing coalition, stating that it will contest in April legislative elections.... 2012-03-27

David Saranga, an Israeli diplomat, was forced to leave Morocco on March 26 after tens of thousands of people took part in an anti-Israel protest in front of parliament buildings in... 2012-03-27

As thousands of Tunisians assembled to commemorate the day of independence on March 20, President Moncef Marzouki asked for unity amid rising tensions between secularist and religious... 2012-03-27

Islam is described as "The principal source of Tunisia's legislation" in the draft of the constitution which the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia is writing, reported Reuters on February... 2012-02-27

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika set the date for parliamentary elections for May 10 in a statement made on February 9. Bouteflika is allowing a number of moderate Islamist... 2012-02-27

Several thousand people turned out in a number of Moroccan cities on February 20 to mark the one year anniversary of the country's Arab Spring protest movement. Approximately 1,000... 2012-02-27