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A ruling by a Moroccan administrative court that the election of Marrakech mayor Fatima Zahra Mansouri should be declared null and void has caused controversy in the city. After a... 2009-07-22

In early July, Tunisian police charged nine men with plotting to kill US servicemen during a planned joint military exercise. Two of those charged are Tunisian air force officers,... 2009-07-22

July saw Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi attend the G8 summit in Italy, where he met US President Barack Obama and held a private meeting with UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Qadhafi... 2009-07-22

Algeria's ambassador to Mali, Abdelkarim Ghreib, initiated new peace talks between Malian officials and former Tuareg rebels on July 19 in the Malian capital Bamoko. This marked the... 2009-07-22

In response to the recent intensification of terrorist activity in Algeria and the wider Saharan region, the Africa Centre for Studies and Research on Terrorism (CAERT) recently held... 2009-06-29

June saw Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi make a historic trip to Italy, Libya's former colonial ruler, for the first time since Qadhafi seized power in 1969. The three day trip was... 2009-06-29

Tunisia has asked the US to hand over two Tunisian nationals currently being held in US custody on suspicion of involvement in terrorist activities. One of the men is among the 10... 2009-06-29

A group convicted for the 2003 Casablanca bombings have had their sentences increased by an appeal court judge. Saad Housseini was jailed for 15 years by a Moroccan tribunal in February,... 2009-06-26

Libya has struck an agreement with Ukraine to grow wheat on 100,000 hectares of land and export it back to North Africa. In return, Libya will invest in several other agriculture... 2009-06-02

After her defeat in the presidential polls, the leader of the Workers' Party Louisa Hanoune has called for the Algerian parliament to be disbanded. Hanoune claims that in light of... 2009-05-29