2009-07-03 A French criminal court on Friday (July 3rd) imposed a 5-year prison sentence on Algerian rai superstar Cheb Mami (Mohammed Khalifati) for a 2005 for...Continue...

2009-07-03 African leaders attending the AU Summit in Sirte, Libya, approved early on Friday (July 3rd) a Libyan proposal to transform the union's executive bod...Continue...

2009-07-03 The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) Congress opened Thursday (July 2nd) in Tunis. APS quoted Algerian Education Mi...Continue...

2009-07-03 Algeria and Tunisia signed a series of energy co-operation deals Thursday (July 2nd) in Algiers, El Khabar reported. Algerian Energy Minister Chakib...Continue...

2009-07-03 Algerian Energy and Mining Minister Chakib Khelil arrived in Nigeria on Thursday (July 2nd) to sign an inter-governmental agreement for the Trans-Sah...Continue...

2009-07-03 Tunisia plans to begin refunding the value-added tax (VAT) on purchases made in the country by tourists and non-residents, Ansa reported on Thursday...Continue...

2009-07-03 For the first time in 40 years, African nations will join together for the Second Pan-African Cultural Festival on Sunday (July 5th) in Algiers. The...Continue...

2009-07-03 Morocco scored several Mediterranean Games gold medals at athletics events held Thursday (July 2nd) in Pescara, Italy. Amine Laalou won the men's 800...Continue...

2009-07-03 Moroccan international and Al Ain FC striker Soufiane Alloudi will fully recover from knee injury soon, Goal.com reported on Friday (July 3rd). While...Continue...

2009-07-03 Uruguay on Thursday (July 2nd) confirmed a friendly with Algeria on August 12th at the newly renovated July 5th Stadium in Algiers. Both teams are pr...Continue...

2009-07-02 An Algerian court on Wednesday (June 1st) arraigned ten suspected al-Qaeda terrorists for the June 17th ambush murder of at least 19 young gendarmes...Continue...

2009-07-02 Ten presidential candidates will begin campaigning Thursday (July 2nd) in Mauritania, AFP reported. The three main opposition party leaders - Ahmed O...Continue...

2009-07-02 Spanish security officers charged five Maghreb nationals Wednesday (June 1st) with helping to finance a terror cell plotting attacks in Morocco, MAP...Continue...

2009-07-02 Algerian rai superstar Cheb Mami, aka Mohammed Khalifati, entered a French courtroom around 10 am Thursday (June 2nd) for what could be a one-day ass...Continue...

2009-07-02 Libyan leader and current AU chairman Moamer Kadhafi on Wednesday (July 1st) said Caribbean countries should join the African Union since they are "c...Continue...

2009-07-02 Algerian lawmakers on Wednesday (June 1st) unanimously approved new legislation aimed at fighting cybercrime, APS reported. The law supports judicia...Continue...

2009-07-02 The husband of a Moroccan woman who died from H1N1 influenza at a Madrid hospital, is threatening to sue Spanish health authorities for negligence, M...Continue...

2009-07-02 Algeria made their biggest-ever progress in the FIFA world rankings, climbing 19 spots to break into the top 50 at number 47, according to the lates...Continue...

2009-07-02 Tunisian Olympic champion swimmer Oussama Mellouli won his 5th Mediterranean Games gold medal for the 1500m freestyle on Wednesday (July 1st) in Pesc...Continue...

2009-07-02 After deciding to quit Olympique Marseille, Algerian international Karim Ziani is now considering German champion club VFL Wolfsburg, El Watan report...Continue...

2009-07-01 The African Union (AU) Security Council lifted sanctions against Mauritania, local and international press reported on Wednesday (July 1st). The deci...Continue...

2009-07-01 A US court indicted the former CIA station chief in Algiers with raping a woman last year in Algeria, international press reported on Tuesday (June 3...Continue...

2009-07-01 Tunisian authorities may suspend the haj pilgrimage to Mecca to prevent the spread of the H1N1 swine flu virus, Ansa reported on Tuesday (June 30th)....Continue...

2009-07-01 Major General Ahmed Abdellah Ahmed Aoun, co-chairman of the Joint Committee for Libyan-Algerian Military and Technical Co-operation, arrived in Alger...Continue...

2009-07-01 Eight alleged members of what security forces call a "nascent terrorist organisation" went on trial Tuesday (June 30th) in Sale, MAP reported. The p...Continue...

2009-07-01 Two editors of Mauritanian newspaper Points Chaud will appear in a Nouakchott criminal court Wednesday (July 1st) to answer defamation charges, Journ...Continue...

2009-07-01 The 13th African Union (AU) Summit of Heads of State and Government kicked off in Sirte, Libya on Wednesday (July 1st). This year's main theme will b...Continue...

2009-07-01 Oussama Mellouli won his fourth gold medal at the Mediterranean Games on Tuesday (June 30th) in the men's 200m freestyle event. Fellow Tunisian Ahmed...Continue...

2009-07-01 French-born Lazio midfielder Mourad Meghni completed the necessary paperwork to represent Algeria on the national level, Goal.com reported on Wednesd...Continue...

2009-07-01 Algeria Cup winners Chabab de Belouizdad were honoured on Tuesday (June 30th) at a ceremony presided over by Algiers wali Addou Mohamed Kebir, APS re...Continue...

2009-06-30 At a joint press conference with Moroccan Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri on Monday (June 29th), United Nations Western Sahara Envoy Christopher Ro...Continue...

2009-06-30 Two bombs exploded on Monday (June 29th) in Khenchela province, killing one soldier and injuring four security officers, El Watan reported. The incid...Continue...

2009-06-30 Four suspected members of a Salafia Jihadia cell dismantled last week in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta were arraigned Monday (June 29th) in Sale, MAP...Continue...

2009-06-30 A Moroccan woman who died on Tuesday (June 30th), one day after giving birth at a Madrid hospital, is the first fatal case of H1N1 influenza in Spain...Continue...

2009-06-30 One day after Mauritania's Constitutional Council launched a 48-hour call for submission of presidential candidature applications, Colonel Ely Ould M...Continue...

2009-06-30 The family of the American aid worker shot dead last week outside his workplace in Nouakchott issued a statement Monday (June 29th) in which they for...Continue...

2009-06-30 The first Arab Water Ministers Council convened Monday (June 29th) in Algiers, in the presence of the Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa and Al...Continue...

2009-06-30 French police arrested Algerian rai superstar Cheb Mami upon his arrival in Paris Monday evening (June 29th), AFP reported. He is due to go on trial...Continue...

2009-06-30 Libya beat Montenegro 4-2 on penalty shootouts at the Mediterranean Games on Monday (June 29th) to qualify for the semi–finals....Continue...

2009-06-30 Wydad Casablanca coach Badou Zaki is expected to replace Roger Lemerre at the helm of Morocco's national team Morocco national coach, the Atlas Lions...Continue...

2009-06-30 ES Setif midfielder Lazhar Hadj Aissa regrets his dismissal from Algeria's national squad, Goal.com reported on Tuesday (June 30th). Coach Rabah Saad...Continue...

2009-06-29 Mauritania's Constitutional Council on Sunday (June 28th) agreed to convene the electoral college and launched a 48-hour call for submission of candi...Continue...

2009-06-29 A Casablanca court on Monday (June 29th) ruled in favour of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi in his lawsuit against independent dailies Al Jarida Al Aoul...Continue...

2009-06-29 Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Sunday (June 28th) announced his participation in the 13th ordinary session of the African Union (AU) Summ...Continue...

2009-06-29 The 21st meeting of the Executive Committee of the Parliamentary Union of the Organisation of Islamic Conference's Member States opened Sunday (June...Continue...

2009-06-29 Algeria is ready to help Libya face the outbreak of bubonic plague, "if it asks for that," Echorouk quoted Health Minister Said Barkat as saying on S...Continue...

2009-06-29 Lamia Alaoui of Morocco finished second in the Look Model Search 2009 finals Saturday (June 27th) in Gammarth, Tunisia, Babnet reported. Serbia's Tea...Continue...

2009-06-29 Algeria beat Albania in the singles and doubles table tennis events at the Mediterranean Games Sunday (June 28th) in Pescara. Algerian tennis player...Continue...

2009-06-29 Moroccan football officials want to terminate the contract of national coach Roger Lemerre, MTNfootball.com reported on Saturday (June 27th). Lemerre...Continue...

2009-06-29 Algerian football star Lakhdar Belloumi was denied an entry visa to Canada, AFP reported on Sunday (June 28th). Belloumi, 50, was set to join Zizou f...Continue...

2009-06-29 Wydad Casablanca qualified for the quarter-finals of the Throne Cup on Sunday (June 28th) after defeating Moghreb Fès 2-0. In the quarter-finals, to...Continue...

2009-06-28 Moroccan authorities arrested five suspected members of a Salafia Jihadia cell last week in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, local and international pre...Continue...

2009-06-28 Mauritania formed a transitional national unity government on Friday (June 26th) in Nouakchott, Journal Tahalil reported. International mediator Habi...Continue...

2009-06-28 United Nations Western Sahara Envoy Christopher Ross arrived Saturday (June 26th) in Rabat on the last stop of his second trip to the region, Maghreb...Continue...

2009-06-28 Morocco's health ministry on Friday (June 26th) confirmed five new cases of H1N1 swine flu, bringing the number of confirmed infections to sixteen, M...Continue...

2009-06-28 The 6th International Recruitment and Human Resources Salon (SIRRHA) opened Saturday in Algiers, APS reported. More than 35 national and internationa...Continue...

2009-06-28 Russian film "Don't Think about White Monkeys" by Yuri Mamin won the Grand Prix Hassan II award for best film at the 15th Auteur Cinema Festival Satu...Continue...

2009-06-28 The men's handball event at the 16th Mediterranean Games got under way Saturday (June 27th) with victories for Algeria and Tunisia. Algeria overcame...Continue...

2009-06-28 Al-Itthad were crowned Libyan champions for the second year in a row on Friday night (June 27th after the last day of the first division championship...Continue...

2009-06-28 Tunisia beat Uganda 38-13 Saturday (June 27th) in Tunis in the second leg of the semi-finals for the Rugby World Cup Africa zone qualifiers. The Tuni...Continue...

2009-06-26 Mauritanian officials arrested two young men Thursday (June 25th) in Nouakchott as part of their investigation into the murder of American aid worker...Continue...

2009-06-26 Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade arrived Thursday night (June 25th) in Nouakchott to begin a new round of Mauritania mediation talks, local and in...Continue...

2009-06-26 The British Justice Ministry on Thursday (June 25th) approved Algeria's request for the extradition of corrupt tycoon Abdelmoumen Rafik Khalifa, a UK...Continue...

2009-06-26 Three weeks after Libya began implementing stricter visa regulations for visitors, the country is already seeing fewer tourist arrivals, ANSA reporte...Continue...

2009-06-26 The 12th Gnaoua World Music Festival kicked off on Thursday (June 25th) in the coastal Moroccan city of Essaouira, MAP reported, The 4-day event got...Continue...

2009-06-26 Tunisia drew 2-2 against Group D favourites Spain in a Mediterranean Games U-21 football match Thursday (June 25th) in Francavilla. Esperance’s Khale...Continue...

2009-06-26 The North African Football Union will hold a tournament August 10th-20th in Ain Draham, Tunisia, DZ Foot reported on Thursday (June 25th). Algeria, T...Continue...

2009-06-26 AC FAF beat ASO Chlef 1-0 on Thursday (June 25th) in Zeralda to win Algeria's U-17 national title, while CR Belouizdad defeated ES Sétif 2-1 to take...Continue...

2009-06-26 Moroccan international and Bordeaux forward Marouane Chamakh denies that he faked an injury in order to be sidelined from Morocco's African/World Cup...Continue...

2009-06-26 Moroccan football teams will receive 250m dirhams from two state-owned banks and a phosphate company, MAP reported on Friday (June 25th). Under the p...Continue...

2009-06-25 In an audio statement aired Thursday (June 25th) on Qatari satellite TV channel Aljazeera, al-Qaeda of the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for...Continue...

2009-06-25 A Casablanca court on Wednesday (June 24th) sentenced Chakib El-Khayari, president of the Rif Human Rights Association (ARDH), to 3 years in prison f...Continue...

2009-06-25 Three Lebanese nationals, a Libyan and a Palestinian were charged Wednesday (June 24th) in Lebanon for trying to send a mail bomb on June 12th to Lib...Continue...

2009-06-25 Tunisian authorities confirmed a new H1N1 swine flu case on Wednesday (June 24th), bringing the total number of people infected in the country to thr...Continue...

2009-06-25 The Tunisian U-21 football squad play Spain Thursday (June 25th) for their first Mediterranean Games match in Pescara, Italy, TAP reported. In anothe...Continue...

2009-06-25 After several rounds of negotiations, Jean-Christian Lang agreed to return to the Canaries as technical trainer, local press reported on Wednesday (J...Continue...

2009-06-25 Algerian officials began accepting construction bids on Wednesday (June 24th) for the new omnisports complex in Tizi-Ouzou, El Moudjahid reported. JS...Continue...

2009-06-25 The International Mediterranean Games Executive Committee re-elected its Algerian president, Ammar Addadi, Wednesday (June 24th) in Pescara, TAP repo...Continue...

2009-06-25 USM Blida's new Portuguese coach arrived Wednesday (June 25th), Le Matin reported Manuel Fernandez is expected to begin work with his Algerian squad...Continue...

2009-06-24 Mauritanian authorities identified the American shot and killed by two young assailants during a botched kidnapping Tuesday (June 23rd) in Nouakchott...Continue...

2009-06-24 Algerian troops killed 11 of the estimated 60 terrorists believed to be responsible for last week's deadly al-Qaeda ambush of Algerian gendarmes in B...Continue...

2009-06-24 Stalled Mauritania mediation talks are set to resume Wednesday (June 24th) in Noauakchott, under the leadership of Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wad...Continue...

2009-06-24 Four Algerian expatriates visiting Ras El Oued from Sweden are hospitalised with swine flu symptoms, Liberte reported on Wednesday (June 24th). In a...Continue...

2009-06-24 A 21-year-old female member of the Party for Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) defeated the Istiqlal party candidate on Tuesday (June 23rd) to become...Continue...

2009-06-24 In statement published on Tuesday (June 23rd), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounced the arrest of Mauritanian journalist Hannefi Ould Dehah. The...Continue...

2009-06-24 Tunisia's national rugby team will host Uganda in the second leg of the Rugby World Cup semi-final qualifiers on Saturday (June 27th) in Tunis, TAP r...Continue...

2009-06-24 Tunisia's senior national handball team beat Egypt 27-25 to win the Tunis International Tournament on Tuesday (June 23rd) in Ben Arous, TAP reported....Continue...

2009-06-24 The Royal Moroccan Federation of Petanque, the Finnish Embassy in Morocco and Morocco's North West League will host an international tournament on Ju...Continue...

2009-06-23 Terrorists killed five Algerian municipal guards and kidnapped two others Monday (June 22nd) near Chachar, Khenchela province, L'Expression reported....Continue...

2009-06-23 The American director of a computer and English language school in El Ksar was shot and killed Tuesday (June 22nd) in Nouakchott by two young gunmen...Continue...

2009-06-23 Tunisia's health ministry on Monday (June 22nd) reported two H1N1 swine flu cases, Reuters reported. The two infected patients arrived from the US. B...Continue...

2009-06-23 Moroccan voters on Monday (June 22nd) elected the country's first female mayor of a major city, local and international press reported. Fatima Zahra...Continue...

2009-06-23 Mauritanian mediation talks in Dakar Monday (June 22nd) failed to break a stalemate over the fate of the junta's ruling council (HCE), local and inte...Continue...

2009-06-23 Sonatrach on Monday (June 22nd) announced a new oil discovery in the Tinrhert area of the Illizi basin, APS reported. Tests showed a flow rate of 3.5...Continue...

2009-06-23 Algeria footballers who flew from Paris to Algiers on Monday (June 22nd) received a heroes' welcome from hundreds of jubilant fans at the airport, AP...Continue...

2009-06-23 Tunisia's senior handball team defeated Algeria 32-21 on Monday (June 22nd) at the Tunis International Tournament, part of preparations for the 2009...Continue...

2009-06-23 An international junior football tournament sponsored by Algeria's Paradou AC kicked off on Monday (June 22nd) in the Algiers suburb of Hydra, DZ Foo...Continue...

2009-06-22 Algerian troops arrested several suspected terrorists and seized a large quantity of bulletproof vests, automatic guns and vehicles near Bordj Bou Ar...Continue...

2009-06-22 The two daughters of the Algerian woman confirmed last week as the country's first H1N1 swine flu patient have also been diagnosed with the virus, El...Continue...

2009-06-22 Mauritania mediation talks resumed Sunday (June 21st) in Dakar without yielding any breakthrough, local and international press quoted Senegalese For...Continue...

2009-06-22 Government officials from Algeria and Mali met in Bamako on Friday to begin a bi-lateral commission on border issues, APS reported on Saturday (June...Continue...

2009-06-22 Representatives of African NGOs gathered in Tripoli on Monday (June 22nd) to launch a 2-day forum on investment in agriculture and food security in t...Continue...

2009-06-22 Morocco plans to create 60,000 new jobs in the hotel sector by the end of 2012, Tourism Minister Mohamed Boussaid said at a national tourism conferen...Continue...

2009-06-22 One day after Algeria's big 2-0 win over Zambia, coach Rabah Saadane told Echorouk on Sunday (June 21st) that he is seriously considering shifting to...Continue...

2009-06-22 Tunisia coach Humberto Coelho was surprised that Nigeria's Super Eagles played such a defensive game during the World Cup qualifier that ended in a n...Continue...

2009-06-22 Ittihad Tangier won both the men's and women's Morocco basketball titles on Sunday (June 21st) in Casablanca, MAP reported. The men's team defeated A...Continue...

2009-06-21 Algeria reported the country's first case of H1N1 swine flu on Saturday (June 20th). According to a statement from the Health Ministry, the patient i...Continue...

2009-06-21 In an internet statement, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for last week's terrorist ambush near Bordj Bou Arreridj that claime...Continue...

2009-06-21 Mauritania's political rivals were to arrive Saturday night in Dakar to resume talks aimed at overcoming their stalemate and implementing the recentl...Continue...

2009-06-21 Indian security services arrested the son of the founder of Algeria's dissolved Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), Abbasi Madani, for alleged involvement...Continue...

2009-06-21 The 15th Auteur Cinema Festival in Rabat kicked off on Saturday (June 20th) with tributes to Moroccan filmmaker Youssef Fadel, Egyptian actor Mahmoud...Continue...

2009-06-21 Moroccan international and Tottenham midfielder Adel Taarabt is expected to move to Malaga on a 1-year loan, the Atlas Lions reported on Sunday (June...Continue...

2009-06-21 Tunisia's Bizerte Sailing Club will mark its 100th anniversary by organising the Vaurien World Championships from July 12th-19th, La Presse reported...Continue...

2009-06-21 The national handball teams of Algeria and Egypt will play Sunday evening (June 21st) in Tunis at an international handball championship event. The c...Continue...

2009-06-19 The Swiss hostage held by al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb is still alive, AFP quoted a Malian negotiator as saying on Thursday (June 18t...Continue...

2009-06-19 Moroccan health officials on Thursday (June 18th) confirmed eight cases of H1N1 swine flu, MAP reported. According to Health Minister Yasmina Baddou,...Continue...

2009-06-19 European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Benita Ferrero Waldner on Thursday (June 18th) strongly condemned the...Continue...

2009-06-19 Mauritanian political rivals are at a stalemate, prompting the oversight committee tasked with assuring implementation of the recently-signed accord...Continue...

2009-06-19 Tunisia on Thursday (June 18th) noted "with satisfaction" the decision to close Guantanamo but rejected media reports that 10 Tunisian prisoners shou...Continue...

2009-06-19 Mauritanian journalist Hanefi Ould Dehah, the editor of online newspaper Taqadoumy, was arrested on Thursday (June 18th), ANI reported. The arrest ma...Continue...

2009-06-19 Maghreb banking officials gathered in Tunis on Thursday (June 18th) to discuss regional financial integration as a way to counter the global financia...Continue...

2009-06-19 The Tunisian coastal resort of Tabarka will host international reggae, ethno jazz, electro, latino, rock and funk musicians for a series of open-air...Continue...

2009-06-19 The draw for the 19th Arab Nations Basketball Championships was held in Cairo on Thursday (June 18th). Tunisia, Algeria and Libya will play in group...Continue...

2009-06-19 As Morocco prepare to host Togo for an African/World Cup combined qualifier Saturday in Rabat, one thing favours the Atlas Lions: the Sparrow Hawks d...Continue...

2009-06-19 Some 200 athletes from Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Italy and Germany took part in the 2nd international athletics meet, held this w...Continue...

2009-06-18 At least 24 Algerian gendarmes are dead following a terrorist ambush Wednesday (June 17th) near Bordj Bou Arreridj (250 km east of Algiers), local an...Continue...

2009-06-18 In a statement issued on Wednesday (June 17th), the Malian Defence Ministry said a major counter-terrorism operation began June 10th in the "Sahel-Sa...Continue...

2009-06-18 A Moroccan appellate court increased the prison sentences for six terrorists convicted of involvement in the deadly 2003 Casablanca bomb attacks, MAP...Continue...

2009-06-18 Egyptian Minister of Health Hatim Al Jabali inspected border crossings to Libya on Wednesday (June 17th) to ensure that authorities have taken all ne...Continue...

2009-06-18 The World Bank ranked Tunisia number one on Africa's 2009 competitiveness index, TAP reported on Wednesday (June 17th). Tunisia ranked 4th among Arab...Continue...

2009-06-18 King Mohammed VI officially inaugurated construction Wednesday (June 17th) for the 825m-euroTanger-Med II port project and the new rail line between...Continue...

2009-06-18 Algeria footballers will leave South Africa, where they have been attending a training camp, to fly to Zambia on Thursday (June 18th) for their Afric...Continue...

2009-06-18 Morocco's rugby team will play in Group C of the Safari Sevens 2009 tournament, which kicks off in Nairobi on Saturday (June 20th), MAP reported. The...Continue...

2009-06-18 The Algerian women's football team will participate in the international 2 Rives tournament in Toulon, France, starting on June 22nd, the Algerian Fo...Continue...