August 21
Africa: Olympics in Africa - Egypt's Ambitious Bid to Host the Games Could Succeed - but Will It Be Worth It?
The modern Olympic Games is billed as the largest multi-sport event in the world, with a history dating back to 1896. Yet there's a glaring absence on the Olympic map and on its… Read more »
August 15
Algeria: Women in Translation Month - a Moving Algerian Novel Tracks the Economic Struggles of Writers and Publishers
French-Algerian publisher Edmond Charlot is the subject of the Algerian writer Kaouther Adimi's third novel, and her first to be translated into English. Read more »
August 05
Algeria: Imane Khelif - the Algerian Boxer Who Overcame an Ugly Gender Furore to Win Olympic Gold
Imane Khelif's gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics meant also overcoming a furore that erupted around her and another boxer earlier in the games. Ugly issues of gender identity,… Read more »
Algeria: Women's Boxing in Olympic Storm - Who Is Algeria's Imane Khelif and What Are the Issues She's Facing?
Imane Khelif from Algeria is one of two women boxers at the 2024 Paris Olympics making the news - as ugly issues of gender testing and testosterone levels once again raise their… Read more »
August 02
Egypt: How the Last Meal of a 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Crocodile Was Brought Back to Life Using Modern Science
What do you think of when you think about ancient Egyptian mummies? Perhaps your mind takes you back to a school trip to the museum, when you came face to face with a mummified… Read more »
July 18
Egypt: Is Your Desk Job Killing Your Back? Ancient Egyptian Scribes Had the Same Aches and Pains, Say Researchers
Tens of thousands of years ago, during a period of Egyptian history known as the Old Kingdom (around 2649-2130 BC), it was rare for people to be able to read and write. From an… Read more »
June 09
Morocco: Hunter-Gatherer Diets Weren't Always Heavy On Meat - Morocco Study Reveals a Plant-Based Diet
About 11,000 years ago, humans made a major shift from hunting and gathering to farming. This change, known as the Neolithic Revolution, dramatically altered our diets. Read more »
June 05
Morocco: Dolphins Vs Fishers - Both Are the Losers in the Mediterranean Seas Off Morocco
On the Moroccan Mediterranean coast, hundreds of boats equipped with large nets, called purse seines, go out six days a week to fish for small pelagic fish (coastal or oceanic… Read more »
May 16
Egypt: We Mapped a Lost Branch of the Nile River - Which May Be the Key to a Longstanding Mystery of the Pyramids
The largest field of pyramids in Egypt - consisting of 31 pyramids built over a millennium, including the famous Great Pyramid at Giza - lies along a narrow strip of land in the… Read more »
May 18
Africa: Al Ahly and Esperance Highlight the Dominance of North Africa in Club Football. Lessons for Other African Teams
Al Ahly, based in Cairo, and Esperance, in Tunis, are among the most successful clubs in the history of the main club cup competition in Africa, the CAF Champions League. Read more »
May 03
Egypt: The Ancient Egyptian Goddess of the Sky and How I Used Modern Astronomy to Explore Her Link With the Milky Way
What did our ancestors think when they looked up at the night sky? All cultures ascribed special meaning to the Sun and the Moon, but what about the pearly band of light and shadow… Read more »
April 08
Tunisia: Tunisia's El Kef City Is Rich in Heritage - Centuries of Cultural Mixing Give It a Distinct Identity
El Kef is a city built into the southern face of Jebel Dyr mountain, which is linked to the High Atlas mountains in the north-western region of Tunisia that borders on Algeria. The… Read more »
March 21
Morocco: Duckbill Dinosaur Discovery in Morocco - Expert Unpacks the Mystery of How They Got There
Why are fossils of duckbill dinosaurs, a North American family, found in North Africa? Read more »
March 08
Tunisia: Oscars 2024 - Four Daughters Is a Tunisian Masterpiece - What Makes the Film Groundbreaking
Four Daughters is the story of a Tunisian family torn apart by an extremist Islamic group. It's won several major documentary awards and is nominated for a Best Feature Documentary… Read more »
February 11
Morocco: Morocco Dinosaur Discovery Gives Clues On Why They Went Extinct
66 million years ago, the last dinosaurs vanished from Earth. We're still trying to understand why. New fossils of abelisaurs - distant relatives of the tyrannosaurs - from north… Read more »
February 06
Africa: Microplastics Found in Nile River's Tilapia Fish - New Study
The Nile is one of the world's most famous rivers. It's also Africa's most important freshwater system. About 300 million people live in the 11 countries it flows through. Many… Read more »
January 28
North Africa: Banksias Are Iconic Australian Plants, but Their Ancestors Actually Came From North Africa
Few plants conjure up the Australian bush better than banksias, whose beautiful flowers are irresistible to honeyeater birds, small marsupials and nature lovers. Read more »
December 19, 2023
Morocco: Morocco's Fabulous Football Year - What's Behind Their Success On and Off the Field
In 2022 Morocco became the first African and Arab national football team to reach a Fifa World Cup men's semi-final; and Wydad AC won the Africa Champions League. The good news… Read more »
December 15, 2023
North Africa: The Sahara Desert Used to Be a Green Savannah - New Research Explains Why
Algeria's Tassili N'Ajjer plateau is Africa's largest national park. Among its vast sandstone formations is perhaps the world's largest art museum. Over 15,000 etchings and… Read more »
November 17, 2023
Egypt: Did Napoleon Really Fire At the Pyramids?
Directors of historical feature films face a difficult task. How can they make the characters familiar to an audience without reducing them to caricature? How can they make sure… Read more »
November 20, 2023
Libya: Libyan Desert's Yellow Glass - How We Discovered the Origin of These Rare and Mysterious Shards
The Great Sand Sea Desert stretches over an area of 72,000km2 linking Egypt and Libya. If you find yourself in a particular part of the desert in south-east Libya and south-western… Read more »
November 07, 2023
Egypt: Egypt's President Faces Election Amid Economic Woes
The bitter conflict between Israel and Hamas could not have come at a worse time for Egypt. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the former military strongman who seized power in 2013 amid the… Read more »
November 09, 2023
Morocco: Morocco's Artisans Face Uncertain Future After Earthquake
The 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Morocco's Atlas mountains on September 8 killed more than 2,000 people and left thousands more homeless. Parts of the old medina in the… Read more »
October 19, 2023
Algeria: Hamas-Israel Conflict Means Algeria Will Host Palestine's Football Matches - There's a Bigger History
Palestine was about to embark on its 2026 men's Fifa World Cup qualifying campaign when the latest round of Hamas-Israeli conflict broke out, making Palestine's national football… Read more »
October 16, 2023
Egypt: Ancient Egypt Had Far More Venomous Snakes Than the Country Today
How much can the written records of ancient civilisations tell us about the animals they lived alongside? Our latest research, based on the venomous snakes described in an ancient… Read more »