2008-10-10 Fresh flooding in Algeria killed six people and injured eight on Thursday (October 9th), local press reported. The victims were surprised in their sl...Continue...

2008-10-10 Algerian security services are investigating the '"sudden wealth" of families of newly-recruited terrorists and how some were able to acquire "lavish...Continue...

2008-10-10 Mauritanian security services arrested one Mauritanian and three Malian Tuaregs for arms trafficking on Thursday (October 9th), ANI reported. Trackin...Continue...

2008-10-10 A Moroccan court will render verdicts next Thursday for 52 terror suspects charged in connection with the 2007 Casablanca bombings, APA reported on T...Continue...

2008-10-10 Mauritanian journalists staged a protest Thursday (October 9th) in Nouakchott to support Aljazeera cameraman Moustapha Ould Hamada, allegedly attacke...Continue...

2008-10-10 At a press conference on Thursday (October 9th), Mauritania's National Front for the Defence of Democracy (FNDD) again called for the reinstatement o...Continue...

2008-10-10 Moroccan Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi and Spain's deputy prime minister discussed Western Sahara autonomy, the fight against terrorism, Morocco's re...Continue...

2008-10-10 Algeria's Islamic politicians renewed their call for the 2009 budget to include a law banning the import of alcoholic products in the country, El Kha...Continue...

2008-10-10 Algeria moved up 20 places to 56th in the world in the latest FIFA rankings published on Wednesday (October 8th), APA reported. After dropping in Jun...Continue...

2008-10-10 Three Moroccan football fans face charges in connection with riots at last weekend's match between Kawkab Marrakech and guests Wydad Casablanca, MAP...Continue...

2008-10-10 Tunisia coach Umberto Coelho called up Etoile du Sahel defender Radhouane Felhi to replace Birmingham's injured Radhi Jaidi for both the African/Worl...Continue...

2008-10-10 Morocco international midfielder Youssef Mokhtari is in talks with FSV Frankfurt, the Atlas Lions reported on Thursday (October 9th) reported German...Continue...

2008-10-09 Poor security management, inadequate supervision and training and major lapses in judgment contributed to the 2007 terrorist bombing of the UN office...Continue...

2008-10-09 A bomb attack in Msila province, 250 km southeast of Algiers, killed an Algerian army major, El Watan reported on Wednesday (October 8th). The bomb w...Continue...

2008-10-09 Mauritania's pro-democracy parties urged the African Union (AU) on Wednesday (October 8th) to press the ruling military junta to reinstate ousted pre...Continue...

2008-10-09 Moroccan female MPs gathered at a forum Wednesday (October 8th) in Rabat to press for wider political representation of women in the 2009 communal el...Continue...

2008-10-09 Some 50 would-be immigrants disappeared on their way from Morocco to Spain, Tunisian and Spanish media reported on Thursday (October 9th). According...Continue...

2008-10-09 Morocco will set up a special committee to stop rampant hooliganism across sports stadiums, Youth and Sports Minister Nawal El Moutawakil announced o...Continue...

2008-10-09 One of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship races will be held in Morocco, the FIA World Motor Sport Council announced on Wednesday (October 8th)....Continue...

2008-10-09 RCK will re-join Algerian football's first division (D1) after a lost year, El Moudjahid reportedly learned from reliable sources on Wednesday (Octob...Continue...

2008-10-09 Moroccan first division footballer Adil Hliouat of OC Safi was suspended for life by the GNFE Discipline Commission for "unsportsmanlike behaviour" d...Continue...

2008-10-08 Al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb fired one of its top leaders for refusing to launch suicide attacks in Algeria, Algerian newspaper Ennah...Continue...

2008-10-08 The trial of nine suspected terrorists accused of plotting bombings in the Paris metro, Orly airport and against the French Intelligence Agency (DST)...Continue...

2008-10-08 One day after the expiration of threatened sanctions by the AU against Mauritania, a Mauritanian delegation met with African Union officials in Addis...Continue...

2008-10-08 Algerian judicial police will undergo specialised training to combat cyber-crimes in Algeria and abroad, Echorouk reported on Thursday (October 9th)....Continue...

2008-10-08 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon needs more time to decide on the new special representative to Western Sahara, MAP reported on Tuesday (October 7th)...Continue...

2008-10-08 Portugal's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Joao Gomes Cravinho met with Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri and other officials Tuesda...Continue...

2008-10-08 Algeria recorded a 300% increase in internet advertising during the 3rd quarter of this year, compared to the same period of 2007, Le Quotidien d'Ora...Continue...

2008-10-08 Morocco opened an international seminar on illegal immigration Tuesday (October 7th) in Agadir, MAP reported. The meeting is part of the "5 +5" Defe...Continue...

2008-10-08 Tunisia will play Cote d'Ivoire in the last group stage game for the CAN women's U-18 basketball championships Wednesday (October 8th) in Tunis. With...Continue...

2008-10-08 Some 100 international athletes will participate in the 9th edition of Algeria's "Marathon of the Dunes", set to begin December 27th in the Saoura re...Continue...

2008-10-08 Morocco's national coach Roger Lemerre will hold a press conference on Thursday (October 9th) to reveal more details of his strategy for the African/...Continue...

2008-10-07 The Algerian government has allocated an initial budget of 200 million euros for the reconstruction of flood-ravaged Ghardaia, Prime Minister Ahmed O...Continue...

2008-10-07 Four men, including two repentant terrorists, are charged with participating in kidnappings in Boumerdes province and with providing information on t...Continue...

2008-10-07 A Mauritanian delegation is expected to meet with the African Union's Jean Ping Tuesday (October 7th) in Addis Ababa, AFP reported. Monday was the AU...Continue...

2008-10-07 Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos and the deputy prime minister will meet with Moroccan Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi Thursday (October...Continue...

2008-10-07 Governors of Arab central banks and representatives of monetary institutions will meet Tuesday (October 7th) in Marrakech to focus on the 2008 Arab u...Continue...

2008-10-07 Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) President and Algerian Energy Minister Chakib Khelil expects oil prices to fall starting in the...Continue...

2008-10-07 Algeria's advisory commission for human rights (CNDDH) will submit a report on living conditions in 15 Algerian prisons to President Abdelaziz Boutef...Continue...

2008-10-07 Algeria's 2009 budget allocates nearly 15 billion dinars to the culture sector, Echorouk reported on Monday (October 6th). The budget will fund major...Continue...

2008-10-07 Moroccan national coach Roger Lemerre called up Wydad Casablanca defender Younes Mankari to replace fullback Badr El Kaddouri for the African/World C...Continue...

2008-10-07 Discussing the upcoming African/World Cup qualifier against Liberia at press conference on Monday (October 6th), Algerian national coach Rabah Saadan...Continue...

2008-10-07 Algerian sports officials unveiled plans for a new national school of water sports in the coastal town of El-Kala. The facility received a budget est...Continue...

2008-10-06 Mauritanian police fired tear gas and used batons to disperse an anti-coup demonstration Sunday (October 5th) near the main hospital in Nouakchott, i...Continue...

2008-10-06 Algerian rescue teams responding to last week's Ghardaia floods found a baby who miraculously survived four days in a pool of mud, local and internat...Continue...

2008-10-06 Algeria is not only safe from the global financial crisis, it will actually benefit, local and international press quote Financial Minister Karim Djo...Continue...

2008-10-06 Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci believes the fifth round of negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario will resume this month, London-ba...Continue...

2008-10-06 The eighth Marrakech International Film Festival (FIFM) will begin November 14th, MAP reported on Sunday (October 5th). This year's edition will pay...Continue...

2008-10-06 Algeria’s JS Kabylie defeated Sudanese squad El Merrikh 3-1 in an African Confederation Cup Group B match Sunday (October 5th) in Tizi-Ouzou. JSK wil...Continue...

2008-10-06 The Tunisian women’s under-18 basketball team defeated Uganda 77-38 Sunday (October 5th) in Tunis, posting their third straight win at the CAN 2008 c...Continue...

2008-10-06 Tunisia will host on November 15th an international junior women’s foil tournament on November 15th, TAP reported on Saturday (October 4th). The even...Continue...

2008-10-06 Algerian judokas came in fifth overall at the World Judo Team tournament Sunday (October 4th) in Tokyo, Japan, APS reported. The Algerian team of 12...Continue...

2008-10-05 Floods in the Algerian province of Ghardaia (600m south of Algiers) have killed at least 33 people, injured dozens more and left 1000 families homele...Continue...

2008-10-05 Six Algerian communal guards were ambushed and killed last Tuesday in Sidi-Boutouchent, Tissemsilt province, local press reported on Saturday (Octobe...Continue...

2008-10-05 Mauritanian opposition National Front for Defence of Democracy decided to stage a protest Sunday (October 5th), despite a new ban on all demonstratio...Continue...

2008-10-05 Coast Day, an EU campaign focused on sustainable beach management, will be held in Morocco on October 24th, Ansa reported on Saturday (October 4th)....Continue...

2008-10-05 Civil society representatives from the European Union and Mediterranean countries will gather October 14th-16th in Rabat to address the social dimens...Continue...

2008-10-05 Tunisia will host the eighth International Agricultural Investment and Technology Fair (SIAT) on October 8th-11th. Some 208 exhibitors are expected,...Continue...

2008-10-05 Defending champions CS Sfaxien beat Angola's Interclube 3-2 Friday (October 3rd) in Luanda to boost their chances of a final berth in the African Con...Continue...

2008-10-05 Football legends Ronaldo and Zidane will lead their star-studded teams for a charity match November 17th in the Moroccan city of Fez, MAP reported on...Continue...

2008-10-05 Tunisian national coach Umberto Cuelho announced his final list of players for the African/World Cup qualifier against Seychelles October 11th in Rad...Continue...

2008-10-05 Tunisia's U-18 women's basketball team defeated Mozambique 58-54 Saturday (October 4th) in Radès in their second game of the CAN 2008 championship. I...Continue...

2008-10-05 Tarik El Younoussi, Moroccan international forward for Norway's Heerenveen, confirmed that his brother has had contact with Morocco coach Roger Lemer...Continue...

2008-10-03 The death toll from the floods in Ghardaia has risen to 31, with at least 50 injured, Algerian national radio reported on Friday (October 3rd). A Gha...Continue...

2008-10-03 Two people were reported dead and one missing in the town of Imintanout near Marrakech in central Morocco, following heavy rains that hit the region,...Continue...

2008-10-03 The trial of three Moroccans accused of recruiting and sending fighters to Iraq between 2000 and 2005 began this week in Paris, Liberation reported o...Continue...

2008-10-03 Speaking on the occasion of the feast of Eid al-Fitr, the head of Mauritania's ruling junta reaffirmed his country's commitment to the fight against...Continue...

2008-10-03 Mauritanian will ban the export of three types of fish to curb the food crisis in the country, AFP reported Thursday (October 2nd). A government memo...Continue...

2008-10-03 A group of 47 Tunisian farmers in the Chenini area have started exports of organic pomegranates to France, Ansa reported on Thursday (October 2nd). T...Continue...

2008-10-03 Japanese groups Sumitomo and Yazaki will build new cable production plants in Tunisia, generating 6,000 jobs, TAP reported on Wednesday (October 1st)...Continue...

2008-10-03 Young people from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritania and Libya will join their peers from European Mediterranean countries October 8th in Burgos,...Continue...

2008-10-03 Maghreb teams will play several matches this weekend for the fifth and penultimate day of the African Confederation (CAF) Cup pool stage. In Group A,...Continue...

2008-10-03 Moroccan international Adil Hermach will be sidelined for three months due to injury, the Atlas Lions reported. After undergoing surgery, the RC Lens...Continue...

2008-10-03 Namibia's national football squad has approached Morocco for a friendly, the sporting press reported on Thursday (October 2nd). The Brave Warriors fa...Continue...

2008-10-02 In a statement released on an Islamist website Wednesday (October 1st), al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for last Sunday's dead...Continue...

2008-10-02 Flash floods in the Algerian Sahara town of Ghardaia have killed at least 29 people since Tuesday, Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni announ...Continue...

2008-10-02 Talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Monday (September 29th) in New York on the Western Sahara issue were "important and fruitful", Moroccan F...Continue...

2008-10-02 In celebration of Eid al-Fitr and the end of the holy month of Ramadan, Moroccan King Mohammed VI pardoned 77 prisoners on Tuesday (September 30th)....Continue...

2008-10-02 The Mauritanian government plans to ban all protests, Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf told Radio France Internationale on Tuesday (Septem...Continue...

2008-10-02 Tunisian water distribution company Sonede announced plans Tuesday (September 30th) to build 24 desalinisation plants as part of a national programme...Continue...

2008-10-02 Algeria is among the 10 most favoured travel destinations in the world for 2009, according to travel guide Lonely Planet, lakoom-info reported on Wed...Continue...

2008-10-02 The Algerian Football Federation will address the status of the Raed Chabab Kouba (RCK) football club at its regular meeting on Sunday (October 5th),...Continue...

2008-10-02 Said Aouita, the Moroccan athletics team's new manager, convened a group of 57 athletes for a training camp next week at the National Athletics Insti...Continue...

2008-10-02 Moroccan international goalkeeper Khalid Sinouh began a week-long tryout Monday (September 29th) with Scottish Hibernian FC, the Atlas Lions reported...Continue...

2008-09-30 As Algeria prepares to celebrate Eid al-Fitr on Wednesday (October 1st), local and international press are commending security officers for the reduc...Continue...

2008-09-30 The European Union is set to make the first payment to Mauritania for a fishing deal delayed by the August 6th military coup, EU Fisheries Commission...Continue...

2008-09-30 Algeria is committed to achieving a "just and lasting solution" to the Western Sahara issue and "sincerely" supports continued negotiations, Algerian...Continue...

2008-09-30 Mauritania's High Court of Justice named Nouakchott lawyer Sidi Mohamed Ould Maham as its first president on Monday (September 29th), Journal Tahalil...Continue...

2008-09-30 King Mohammed VI on Saturday (September 27th) appointed Taher Tijkani as chairman of the Ulema Council for the Moroccan community in Europe, MAP repo...Continue...

2008-09-30 The first Algerian-German environmental fair, "EnviroAlgerie", will be held in Algiers October 19th-21st, APS reported on Sunday (September 27th). Or...Continue...

2008-09-30 Fez will host 1,500 scientists from some 50 countries next month for the 5th International Congress for scientific research and technological develop...Continue...

2008-09-30 The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland ruled in favour of Algerian football club RC Kouba on Monday (September 29th), tell...Continue...

2008-09-30 Morocco's national coach Roger Lemerre announced Monday (September 29th) his final list of 18 players for the Africa/World Cup qualifier against Maur...Continue...

2008-09-30 Tunisian Division 1 team EGS Gafsa fired Algerian coach Abdelaziz Khrouf after the crushing weekend loss to Etoile du Sahel, Tunis Hebdo reported on...Continue...

2008-09-30 Tunisia will host the 10th African Nations U-18 Women's Basketball Championships beginning October 3rd in Rades and Ezzahra, local press reported on...Continue...

2008-09-29 In Algeria's first suicide attack since the beginning of Ramadan, three soldiers were killed and at least six wounded on Sunday (September 28th), whe...Continue...

2008-09-29 Immediately after Eid Al-Fitr, Algerian legislators will discuss the constitutional amendment allowing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run in the 2...Continue...

2008-09-29 Morocco's Islamist Justice and Development (PJD) party founder Abdelkrim El-Khatib died Saturday at the age of 87, MAP reported. El-Khatib, who was t...Continue...

2008-09-29 Two people were killed and forty others injured Saturday (September 27th) when a passenger bus collided with a truck at the exit from Constantine to...Continue...

2008-09-29 The Moroccan National Electricity Office (ONE) announced plans on Saturday (September 27th) to invest some 2.2 billion euros in renewable energies ov...Continue...

2008-09-29 Mauritanian tourism dropped sharply during the 2007-2008 season, following a series of terrorist attacks, PANA quoted official sources as saying Satu...Continue...

2008-09-29 Algeria will certainly realise hydrocarbon revenues worth $80 billion in 2008, Energy and Mining Minister Chakib Khelil said during a visit to Skikda...Continue...

2008-09-29 Algerian football club RC Kouba may be allowed to join the national division one championship on Monday (September 29th), if the Court of Arbitration...Continue...

2008-09-29 USM Blida coach Abdelkader Amrani resigned on Friday (September26th) after his team suffered a home loss to NA Hussein-Dey. NAHD now leads Algeria's...Continue...

2008-09-29 After weekend championship matches, three Moroccan clubs have seven points each: Moghreb Tetouan, who tied 1-1 with Raja Casablanca, Kawkab Marrakech...Continue...

2008-09-29 Algerian national coach Rabah Saadane called up USM Algiers goalkeeper Mohamed Amine-Zemmamouche and ES Setif's Lazhar Hadj Aissa, Fahem Bouaza and S...Continue...

2008-09-28 A policeman was killed and two of his colleagues injured in an attack on a local police station in Boumedfâa, Ain Defla province, El Khabar and El Wa...Continue...

2008-09-28 Mauritania's military junta leader General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz strongly denounced the latest resolution of the African Union's Peace and Security...Continue...

2008-09-28 The Friedrich Ebert Foundation announced on Saturday (September 27th) that it is freezing all activities effective immediately, including conferences...Continue...

2008-09-28 The Paris Court of Appeals is expected to rule October 14th on the appeal of Algerian state protocol chief Mohamed Ziane Hasseni, who is on trial for...Continue...

2008-09-28 A fisheries agreement between the EU and Mauritania could be terminated if the EU does not respond in the next three weeks to a non-payment notice se...Continue...

2008-09-28 French Jean-Louis Schlesser and co-pilot Arnaud Debron finished first in the in the overall standings of the AMV Shamrock-Rally du Maroc, which ended...Continue...

2008-09-28 FIFA has changed the start time of the African/World Cup qualifier between Morocco and Mauritania from 13:00 to 19:30 GMT on October 11th following a...Continue...

2008-09-28 Hibernian star and Moroccan international midfielder Merouane Zemmama was happy to see his international ban lifted and to receive a call up for the...Continue...

2008-09-26 Moroccan authorities closed 60 Qur'anic schools run by Cheikh Mohamed Al Maghraoui on Thursday (September 25th), as well as the Marrakesh headquarter...Continue...

2008-09-26 The wife of ousted Mauritanian president Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdellahi was brought before a senate investigation panel on Thursday (September 25...Continue...

2008-09-26 Algeria should rely on developing knowledge and skills to avoid being held hostage by its natural resources, said Abdelwahab Kara, an expert on Alger...Continue...

2008-09-26 Morocco's Banque Populaire Group achieved a net profit of $193 million in the first half of 2008, a 22% increase over the same period in 2007, CEO Mo...Continue...

2008-09-26 Algeria launched a new tender for the exploration and exploitation of 62 mining sites, local press quoted the Algerian National Agency of Mining Patr...Continue...

2008-09-26 Algeria will soon have its first astronomical observatory, local press quoted the Research Centre for Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics (CRAAG)...Continue...

2008-09-26 Tunis will host its first enterprise-creation fair on October 17th-18th in the Kram exhibition park, African Manager reported on Thursday (September...Continue...

2008-09-26 Etoile du Sahel defeated AS Marsa 2-0 in Sousse during the third-round of Tunisian championship matches on Wednesday and Thursday (September 25th), t...Continue...

2008-09-26 Tunisian national coach Umberto Cuelho announced the pre-selection of 30 players on Thursday (September 25th) for the October 11th combined CAN/World...Continue...

2008-09-26 In their BMW X3 Leonid Novitskiy and Oleg Tyupenkin retained the overall lead after the forth stage of the AMV Shamrock-Rallye du Maroc on Thursday (...Continue...

2008-09-25 A Moroccan was sentenced by a German court on Wednesday (September 24th) to four years in prison after being convicted on charges of supporting al-Qa...Continue...

2008-09-25 A special commission advised the Algerian government on Wednesday (September 24th) to upgrade the security system at Algiers' Boumedienne Internation...Continue...

2008-09-25 A bus flipped over in southern Morocco's Taroudant province on Wednesday (September 24th) killing at least 12 people and injuring 43. Early reports s...Continue...

2008-09-25 Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika called on the government on Wednesday (September 24th) to "finalise a national investment plan" that would gu...Continue...

2008-09-25 The Moroccan-Kuwaiti Development Group has established a new investment fund with a capital of 7.1 billion dinars, Director-General Walid al-Faheed a...Continue...

2008-09-25 The EU is Morocco's top client for textiles and clothing items, managing director of the Moroccan Export Promotion Centre (CMPE) Saad Benabdallah ann...Continue...

2008-09-25 Six Moroccans will take part in this year's Thai boxing World Championships in Busan, South Korea beginning Thursday (September 25th). Karim Asrouti,...Continue...

2008-09-25 After a nine-month absence due to serious injuries, Hadj Massoud returned to his team CS Sfaxien on Wednesday (September 24th). Messaoud was injured...Continue...

2008-09-25 The Royal Moroccan Federation of Football announced on Wednesday (September 24th) its 21-player line-up for the Atlas Lions' match against Mauritania...Continue...

2008-09-24 Foreign ministers of Maghreb countries will meet with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York...Continue...

2008-09-24 A Spanish court on Tuesday (September 23rd) ordered the temporary extradition of suspected 2004 Madrid bomber Hassan El-Haski to Morocco, where he wi...Continue...

2008-09-24 Intelligence provided by a repentant terrorist helped Algerian security forces dismantle a terrorist support network extending from Tlemcen to Oran,...Continue...

2008-09-24 The 2008 Corruption Perception Index released by Transparency International on Tuesday (September 23rd) found serious corruption problems in Tunisia,...Continue...

2008-09-24 The fifth Amazigh World Congress (CMA) will begin October 31st, organisers announced Tuesday (September 23rd) in the Algerian host city of Tizi-Ouzou...Continue...

2008-09-24 Egyptian cement manufacturer Asec plans to finish construction on a $600m cement plant in the Djefla province of Algeria within three years, local pr...Continue...

2008-09-24 In a move reflecting Morocco's growing concerns over short-term inflation, the central bank raised the benchmark interest rate to 3.5% on Tuesday (Se...Continue...

2008-09-24 Scotland's Production Services Network signed a "multi-million-dollar" deal to upgrade offshore platforms and increase production volumes from the As...Continue...

2008-09-24 Moroccan film "Goodbye Mothers" was selected to compete in the category of Best Foreign Language Film at the 2009 Oscars, the Moroccan Cinematographi...Continue...

2008-09-24 Fired ES Setif coach Bernard Simondi filed a complaint with the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) on Tuesday (September 23rd) to demand compensation...Continue...

2008-09-24 Algerian national coach Rabah Saadane called up 24 players to begin practice October 6th in Algiers for the Africa/World Cup qualifier against Liberi...Continue...

2008-09-24 French racers Jean-Louis Schlesser and Arnaud Debron won the second stage of the AMV Shamrock-Rallye du Maroc on Tuesday (September 23rd), 4 minutes...Continue...