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Morocco’s new high speed train, the fastest in Africa, is set to begin running this summer. It will connect the two major economic hubs of Casablanca and...

Moroccan social media was abuzz in June 2016 with photos of Princess Lalla Salma welcoming First Lady Michelle Obama, her mother, and two daughters to the...

Reporting from Tifarti, Western Sahara, this New York Times article covers the cold war over the Western Sahara. The region's native population, the Saharawi,...

Recent news coming out of Algeria focuses on two main issues: the effects of falling oil prices and the anti-shale gas drilling protests in the southern...

It has been a strange year for bilateral cooperation between Morocco and France. The former French colony has traditionally been one of France's staunchest...

The Middle East Eye investigates media-state relations in Morocco, a country often touted for its independent and diverse media. Since the reign of Mohammed VI...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a regional economic institution that includes Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman....

Morocco is the largest energy importer in the Middle East and North Africa region. The country lacks the hydrocarbon supply that supports many countries in the...

The Middle East Eye examines the renewal of Tamazight, the language of North Africa’s Amazigh (also known as Berber) community. Making up the region’s...

On December 23, Algerian media reported that the army had killed the head of a violent extremist group called Jund al-Khilafa (Soliders of the Caliphate)....

Margaret Lanzetta is a New York based artist who has lived and worked in places as diverse as Morocco, Syria, India, and Japan. Inspired by these experiences,...

The price of oil has important effects on a country like Algeria. The economy relies almost entirely on hydrocarbon exports, with oil revenues making up 97...

Corinna Mullin and Brahim Rouabah examine the orientalist trends in domestic and international media accounts of the Tunisian revolution and the country’s...

Salafist Imam Abdelfateh Zaoui Hamadache El Djazaïri called for the assassination of one of Algeria’s most well known journalists and literary figures,...

Government Minister Abdellah Baha was killed in a train accident last Sunday, December 7, at the age of sixty. According to official state media, an...

Since October 3, the anonymous Twitter account “Chris Coleman” has been leaking hundreds of classified documents relating to Moroccan diplomats, secret...

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) released a report on human rights in Morocco two days before its annual conference begins in Marrakech on...

Last week Abu bakr Al-Baghdadi, the head of the Islamic State in the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) claimed that the armed group had not been weakened by the...

After several months of tension between the Moroccan government and human rights associations, the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) has officially...

This year’s political events in Algeria have been important, but they represent little more than the continuation of past events and policies. Opposition...

Last month, Morocco’s three largest trade unions, the Union Marocaine du Travail (UMT), Confédération Démocratique du Travail (CDT), and Fédération...

Tunisia’s second legislative elections since the 2011 Arab Spring protests were held this past Sunday. According to exit polls and “official provision...

Algeria's Tindouf province is located near Morocco’s southeastern border region. For over forty years, it has housed between 90,000 and 125,000 refugees from...

Algerian President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has not been seen in public since a “security” meeting that took place on September 21, leading to speculation...

The Council on Foreign Relations interviewed Tripoli-based journalist Mary Fitzgerald about the realities and causes of the current conflict in Libya,...

In July 2014, the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) sent a letter to Morocco’s Interior Minister, Mohamed Hassad, protesting the government’s...

On Monday September 22, French government officials confirmed the authenticity of a video showing a French citizen held captive in Algeria. In the clip, he...

The militarization of border crossings throughout North Africa and the Sahel has intensified recently, as a result of security concerns over weapons smuggling,...

Maryam Al Khawaja, one of Bahrain’s most well-known human rights activists, was arbitrarily arrested on August 30 upon entering Bahrain to visit her father,...

Tunisia’s Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa called for more foreign investment to aid the country’s struggling economy and delicate transition to democracy at an...

On August 13, 2014, a U.S. federal court declined to enforce a $123 million judgment issued by a Moroccan court in 2009 against Texas native John Paul DeJoria....

Violent confrontations between Moroccans and sub-Saharan migrants have increased in the last several months in northern Morocco. Cities such as Nador and...

Over the past week, mysterious warplanes have bombed specific targets in the Libyan capitol, Tripoli. The strikes came as Islamists militias from Misrata's...

According to several Moroccan news sources, videos, and personal testimonies, the Royal Armed Forces of Morocco (FAR) stationed missiles and a military camp in...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Executive Director Kenneth Roth and Middle East and North Africa chief Sarah Leah Whitson have both been denied entry into Egypt....

Since Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika won reelection in April after a controversial vote and record low turnout, government authorities have...

According to Morocco’s weekly magazine Telquel, Minister of Communication Mustapha El Khalfi has finalized the country’s much anticipated press code....

The Berbers, orImazighen (plural of Amazigh), represent the indigenous population of the North African region, where they have resided for over 4000 years,...

After spending one week in Jerusalem from July 14-19, one day in the West Bank, and one afternoon being harassed by Israeli security in Ben Gurion airport, I...

On June 25, Libyans voted for a new parliament to replace the existing General National Congress (GNC). Only 45 percent out of 1.5 million eligible voters...

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has been touted as a reformist leader since becoming head of state in 1999 after the death of his father, King Hassan II. The...

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was officially reelected to a fourth term this April. The ageing president is credited, by some, for helping manage Algeria’s...

In the last two weeks, the radical Sunni group known as the Islamic state of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has taken power in several key cities and border areas in...

The price of oil has important effects on a country like Algeria. The economy relies almost entirely on hydrocarbon exports, with oil revenues making up 97...