Algeria's leaders suggested to a senior American official in 2008 that if Morocco approached Western Sahara's demand for independence with a more "elegant" touch, it might persuade ... Read more »
Reporters Without Borders says it has recorded numerous cases of deliberate obstruction of journalists trying to cover the second round of legislative elections on 5 December, just ... Read more »
President Hosni Mubarak's party is almost unopposed in the second-round parliamentary election after the two main opposition parties decided to boycott the polls, claiming ... Read more »
Egypt's main opposition party, the Muslim Brotherhood said that it had lost most of its seats in parliament in an election it charged had been "rigged and invalid". Read more »
Clashes have brought into the fore chillingly again the urgency of the resolution of the 35-year-old dispute over the territory in favour of justice and equity. Read more »
The third round of informal talks on the dispute over Western Sahara has ended with Morocco and the Frente Polisario agreeing to continue their discussions next month. Read more »
Human rights advocates are calling on President Barack Obama to use U.S. leverage to persuade Egypt to reform its electoral process ahead of the parliamentary election. Read more »
Fisheries experts in Egypt and Vietnam hope that a new partnership will lead to a robust aquaculture industry that utilises both river and sea to feed growing populations and ... Read more »
The Tunisian authorities should end arbitrary restrictions on independent trade and student unions, said a Human Rights Watch report. Read more »
Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Ghaddafi's son, Lieutenant-Colonel Engineer Saadi Muammar Al-Ghaddafi, jetted into Harare yesterday for a five-day visit to explore business ... Read more »
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