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North Africa

News, business, sport and culture stories from Egypt, Sudan and the Maghreb

Harvesting tomatoes in a greenhouse in Sharjah. The agrifood sector employs an estimated 63 million people in the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Reuters

Agrifood investment could create five million jobs across Mena, says World Bank

EconomyJune 30, 2026
The Algerian flag flies outside the National Assembly as members passed a bill seeking to criminalise France's colonisation. AP

Algeria demands an apology and reparations from France for its 'crime' of colonisation

MENADecember 25, 2025
Migrants crossing the Mediterranean in flimsy fibreglass boats. Photo: NCA

UK and Greece bust 'industrial scale' migrant forgery ring

EuropeDecember 19, 2025
Sudanese refugees in a camp in the Central African Republic. Nearly 12 million people have been displaced by the civil war. AFP

UK sends aid to Sudanese 'communities on the brink' and imposes sanctions

UKDecember 12, 2025
Mohamed Salah's Egypt will be one of at least eight Mena teams taking part in the 2026 World Cup finals. EPA

Mena countries hope for good news at World Cup 2026 draw

FootballDecember 05, 2025
A Libyan voter casting his ballot for municipal elections at a polling station in Tripoli in August. AFP

Libya looks set to finally turn the page, but much could still go wrong

OpinionSeptember 09, 2025
When he introduced 'The Green Book', Muammar Qaddafi declared parliament inherently undemocratic. Getty

Fifty years since Qaddafi's Green Book, Libya has yet to turn the page

CommentAugust 06, 2025
Migrants, who were rescued at sea by the Libyan Coast Guard after their boat sank in the Mediterranean, arrive on a boat in the port of Garaboli, east of Tripoli, Libya, in April 2023. EPA

Libya's suspension of 10 aid groups raises alarm in humanitarian community

MENAApril 07, 2025
Landmines have been deployed during the war in Ukraine. Neighbours of Russia say they need every tool available to counter potential threats. EPA

Algeria pushes through anti-landmine vote at UN

EuropeApril 04, 2025
Algerian men celebrate the re-election of Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Algiers, Algeria, 08 September 2024. EPA
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Algeria's Abdelmadjid Tebboune re-elected as President

MENASeptember 07, 2024
A woman casts her vote at a polling station In Algiers during Algeria's presidential election on Saturday. Reuters
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Algerians head to polls as Tebboune sets sights on second term as president

MENASeptember 07, 2024
Campaign posters line the streets of Algiers ahead of Saturday's presidential election. EPA

Algeria's presidential election: The three candidates' key policies

MENASeptember 04, 2024
Spanish search and rescue team escorts a 'cayuco' boat with 174 migrants onboard disembarking at La Restinga port on the Canary Island of El Hierro on August 31. AFP

Spanish migration debate fuelled after PM trip to West Africa

EuropeAugust 31, 2024
A displaced Sudanese child stands at Zamzam camp in Sudan's North Darfur region on August 1, 2024. Reuters

Famine in Sudan's Darfur prompts UN call for action

MENAAugust 05, 2024
A protest in Beirut against unemployment and other economic problems in Lebanon in 2021. AFP

How to fix the Middle East's unemployment crisis

CommentJuly 30, 2024
Egypt faced a severe foreign currency crisis last year that led to the emergence of a parallel market in the country and a drop in remittances through official channels. EPA

Remittances to Mena's low-income countries set to grow at fastest pace

EconomyJune 27, 2024
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