June 18

• West Africa: Hip Hop Festival Promotes Stability

  Hip-hop artists, rappers and music bands from Niger, Senegal, France and other countries are set to perform in Nouakchott at the annual Assalamalekoum Festival. Read more »

• Libya: Renewed Clashes in Benghazi

  Libya's General National Congress on Sunday (June 16th) postponed the vote on a new president in the wake of another round of Benghazi clashes, Libya Herald reported. Read more »

• Algeria: Football Clubs Seek Female Fans

  An extraordinary thing happened at last month's Arab Football Union (UAFA) Cup final in Algiers: women and girls sat among the male spectators at July 5th Stadium. Read more »

June 17

• Tunisia: Tunisian Politicians Defend Army Chief

  Tunisian politician Mohamed Abbou sparked a firestorm earlier this month with his call to sack Army Chief of Staff General Rachid Ammar. Read more »

• Morocco: Salafists Take Up Politics in Morocco

  A number of salafists just joined Moroccan political life, signing up with the Party of Renaissance and Virtue (PRV). Read more »

• North Africa: Terrorism Knows No Border [interview]

  When it comes to dismantling networks of terrorists and traffickers, Maghreb countries have a big problem. There are now more links between criminal elements than between... Read more »

• Tunisia: Tunisia Jails Rapper Weld El 15

  Tunisian rap artist Weld El 15 lost his appeal on Thursday (June 13th). Read more »

• Algeria: Bouteflika Appears in Hospital Video

  Nearly seven weeks after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika suffered a stroke, Algerians finally got to see images of their hospitalised leader. Read more »

• Libya: Libya Strengthens Ties to Tunisia

  Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan wrapped up a two-day visit to Tunisia on Thursday (June 13th) that focused on strengthening economic and security co-operation. Read more »

June 14

• Tunisia: Returning Jihadists Raise Security Fears in Nation

  Tunisian families launched a distress call last Thursday (June 6th) for the repatriation of their children still trapped in war-torn Syria. Read more »

• Mauritania: Civil Society Tackles Corruption in Nation

  Mauritanian civil society organisations are working together to reduce corruption. Read more »

• Tunisia: Lotfi Bouchnak Talks Arab Music, Arab Spring [interview]

  Internationally-acclaimed Tunisian singer Lotfi Bouchnak recently swung through Morocco to perform in Rabat's 12th annual Mawazine Festival, which ended on June 1st. Read more »

• Libya: Ultimatum Issued to Militias

  Last week-end's bloody attack on anti-militia protesters in Benghazi stirred a large debate about the role of the military in a country that has been suffering from security... Read more »

June 13

• Libya: Car Bomb Targets Italian Diplomats

  An Italian embassy staff car exploded Tuesday (June 11th) in Tripoli, minutes after alert observers warned that the vehicle had been rigged with a bomb. Read more »

• Algeria: Nation Secures Border With Tunisia, Trapping Terrorists

  Algeria confirmed co-ordination with Tunisia to confront security threats on the shared frontier. Read more »

• Mauritania: Terrorist Threat Looms Over Mauritania

  Recent events in Mali have heightened the risk of terrorist infiltration in Mauritania and attacks on Western nationals, experts warned in Nouakchott. Read more »

June 12

• North Africa: Maghreb Students Sit for Baccalaureate Exams

  For students across the Maghreb, the bac is the most important test of their academic career. For academic administrators, it is cause to worry about cheating. Read more »

• North Africa: Maghreb Sides Top World Cup Qualifier Groups

  Maghreb sides made progress at the week-end in their quests to reach the 2014 World Cup. Read more »

• Libya: Hezbollah Emerges in Libya

  The wave of al-Qaeda fighters ousted from Mali was already a danger for Libya. Now that silent cells affiliated with Hezbollah are trying to gain a foothold in the country, an... Read more »

June 11

• Libya: Militia Violence Shocks Libya

  Libyan Army Chief of Staff Youssef al-Mangoush resigned on Sunday (June 9th), a day after violent militia clashes in Benghazi left 31 people dead and a hundred wounded. Read more »

• Morocco: Lawmakers Recognise Shortcomings

  A key message out of an international seminar in Rabat last week was that Parliament's relations with the Moroccan people must improve. Read more »

June 10

• East Africa: African States Partner to Assist Jobless Youth

  Morocco, Tunisia, Niger, Senegal and Mauritania are working together to help unemployed young people in French-speaking countries gain the skills to create their own enterprises. Read more »

• Morocco: Islamists, Secularists Must Co-Operate, Expert Says

  The democratic transition under way across the Maghreb is a long-term process, according to Jawad Kerdoudi, chair of the Moroccan Institute of International Relations (IMRI). In an... Read more »

• Tunisia: Jebel Chaambi Terrorists Claim More Lives

  Two Tunisian army officers were killed Thursday (June 6th) in the Jebel Chaambi region, the defence ministry confirmed, calling it "a serious development". Read more »

• Libya: Al-Qaeda Swaps Mali for Libya

  Ever since the liberation of northern Mali by French and African forces, some observers have been asking the same question: where did al-Qaeda fighters go? Read more »