Most Active Stories: North Africa

  1. South Africa: Country to Assist Libya to Revive Farming

    A group of South African farmers arrived in Tripoli, Libya yesterday to help revive commercial agriculture in the oil-rich north African country.

  2. Western Sahara: 'Release Human Rights Activists,' AU Body Tells Morocco

    A majority of sixty-eight members of the Pan- African Parliament (PAP) have adopted the motion to exert pressure on the government of the Kingdom of Morocco to release the seven human rights activists that were "abducted upon their return from visiting their families in the Saharawi refugee camps."

  3. Morocco/Cameroon: General Mobilisation to Spur Lions to Victory

    Free tickets and transportation have been provided for Cameroonians resident in Morocco.

  4. Egypt: President Kagame Visits Egypt

    President Paul Kagame yesterday met and held talks with his Egyptian counterpart, Hosni Mubarak as part of his ongoing visit to the northern African country.

  5. South Africa: Farmers Sample What Libya Offers

    CHARL Senekal holds up a clod of Libyan soil and lets it trickle through his fingers. Behind him endless rows of neglected olive trees stretch into the distance. "This place is easy to fix," says the jovial barrel-chested farmer. "We could turn it into a paradise."

  6. Nigeria: Libyan Returnees Seek Yar'Adua's Intervention

    A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has appealed to President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to intervene in the plight of returnee Nigerians from Libya by putting in place machineries that will reintegrate them into the society.

  7. Nigeria: Death Row Returnees Send SOS to Yar'Adua

    OVER 1,000 Nigerians on death row in Libya prisons who were recently repatriated, following the intervention of a Nigeria-based civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), have sent a Save Our Soul (SOS) message to President Umaru Yar'Adua.

  8. Liberia: Ellen Off to Sharm El-Sheikh for Focac Confab

    President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, on the invitation of the government of China, is joining a select number of African Heads of State to participate in the opening session of the fourth Ministerial Conference of a Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), scheduled to take place in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, from November 8-9.

  9. Tunisia: President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Chairs Ceremony On 22nd Anniversary of Change

    A ceremony was held Saturday under the chairmanship of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on the 22nd anniversary of the November 7 Change.

  10. Tunisia: President Ben Ali Delivers Adress On 22nd Anniversary of the Change

    President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali made an address, during a ceremony held on Saturday on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the Change. Here follows the full text of the speech:

  11. Uganda: Museveni Praises Algeria

    President Museveni has commended Algeria for its outstanding role in matters related to promoting the African continent globally. The remarks were made during a meeting with the outgoing Algeria's Ambassador, Mr Aziria Abdelkader at State House, Entebbe last week. The President said Algeria has trained prominent personalities in the history of Africa such as former presidents Nelson Mandela and ...

  12. Uganda: City On the Nile

    Part of the attraction in Cairo is the ancient architecture

  13. Uganda: Museveni Commends Algeria

    President Yoweri Museveni has commended Algeria for its role in promoting the African continent, reports Raymond Baguma.

  14. Rwanda: Kagame Tours Egyptian Model Farm

    President Paul Kagame yesterday continued his four-day official visit to Egypt, paying a visit to one of the largest private land reclamation projects in Egypt, the Magrabi Farm.

  15. Tunisia: Index Ranks Country Most Prosperous Country in North Africa

    Tunisia was ranked respectively first in North Africa, third in the Arab world and fourth in Africa by the 2009 edition of the UK based Legatum Prosperity Index. Tunisia is ranked 68 th in the world, preceding China, Russia, and Turkey.


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