Algeria jails ex-Sonatrach head for 15 years for graft
Algiers – An Algerian court on Tuesday handed a 15-year prison sentence to the former head of state energy... Read more
16 Nov, 2022
EU supports Tunisia ‘recovery’ with $100 million grant
Tunis – The European Union signed off on Monday on a 100-million-euro ($103 million) grant to cash-strapped Tunisia, whose... Read more
15 Nov, 2022
Algeria car crash kills 16, mostly migrants
Algiers – Sixteen passengers died and another three were injured, mostly sub-Saharan Africans, on Monday when two pickup trucks... Read more
15 Nov, 2022
Libya council in showdown with Dbeibah’s government
Tripoli – A key state body in Libya accused the government of prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah on Monday of... Read more
15 Nov, 2022
Tunisia’s Khazri and Msakni to lead World Cup squad
Tunis – Tunisia coach Jalel Kadri named his World Cup squad on Monday, with attackers Wahbi Khazri and Youssef... Read more
15 Nov, 2022
Algeria’s Bouteflika-era union chief jailed for graft
Algiers – A former Algerian union head was sentenced Monday to a decade in prison for corruption, his lawyer... Read more
15 Nov, 2022
UN probes allegations of Egypt ‘surveillance’ at COP27
Sharm el Sheikh – United Nations officers running security at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt said on Monday... Read more
14 Nov, 2022
Lawyer of Egypt hunger-striker denied access for 2nd time
Cairo – The lawyer for Egypt’s jailed hunger-striker Alaa Abdel Fattah said on Sunday he had been denied access... Read more
14 Nov, 2022
‘We’ll shoot you’: violence stalks EU-Libya migrant deal
Rome – Leona Blankenstein couldn’t believe what she was hearing when the Libyan coastguard threatened to blast her small... Read more
14 Nov, 2022
Sun-soaked North Africa pushes for cheap energy
Tunis – Solar panels glint in the sun on a Tunisian lagoon, part of a long-delayed drive to harness... Read more
14 Nov, 2022
