2009-11-20 A Sale court on Thursday (November 19th) postponed the trial of 15 alleged terror cell members until January 7th, MAP reported. At the time of their...Continue...

2009-11-20 The assault trial of jailed Tunisian journalist Taoufik Ben Brik wrapped up in Tunis on Thursday (November 19th) after two days of testimony, interna...Continue...

2009-11-20 ICT experts, telecom operators, internet service providers and software companies from more than 50 countries will converge on Hammamet next week for...Continue...

2009-11-20 Egypt on Thursday (November 19th) recalled its ambassador from Algiers, international press reported. Egypt also suspended membership in the North Af...Continue...

2009-11-20 Algeria climbed one spot to reach 28th place in the latest FIFA world football rankings. According to the list published Friday (November 20th) on th...Continue...

2009-11-20 Moroccan cyclist Mohamed Regragui dethroned compatriot Adil Jelloul to take the yellow jersey at the Tour de Rwanda, MAP reported on Thursday (Novemb...Continue...

2009-11-20 Following the dismissal of Tunisia coach Humberto Coelho over the Carthage Lions' unsatisfactory World Cup qualifying run, fans are calling for furth...Continue...

2009-11-20 Morocco will soon submit its candidacy to host the 2016 African Cup of Nations, Goal.com reported on Friday (November 20th). The decision is reported...Continue...

2009-11-19 Tunisia and French this week are carrying out joint naval exercises near Bizerte, ANSA reported on Wednesday (November 18th). The manoeuvres reported...Continue...

2009-11-19 Moroccan will launch construction of a 100MW nuclear energy plant in 2020, Energy Minister Amina Benkhadra told parliament on Wednesday (November 18t...Continue...

2009-11-19 The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) should agree at its upcoming Angola meeting to maintain current production levels, Reuters q...Continue...

2009-11-19 The "Month of the Algerian Child" got under way across the entire national territory on Thursday (November 19th), APS reported. The initiative includ...Continue...

2009-11-19 Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi opened the 10th International Agricultural and Farming and Fisheries Mechanisation Exhibition in Tunis on...Continue...

2009-11-19 Tunisian football officials fired national coach Umberto Coelho, the Esperance Tunis website reported on Wednesday (November 18th). EST coach Faouzi...Continue...

2009-11-19 Throne Cup champions FAR retained their title in Rabat on Wednesday (November 18th) by beating Fath Union Sport 5-4 on penalty shootouts. Daniel Monc...Continue...

2009-11-19 Tunisia's 2012 Olympic team defeated Palestine 3-0 in Ramallah on Wednesday (November 18th), La Presse reported. Star player Issam Jbali scored all t...Continue...

2009-11-19 Moroccan cyclist Adil Jelloul continued to lead the Tour de Rwanda general standings after the second stage on Wednesday (November 18th). Fellow coun...Continue...

2009-11-19 The "Libya Raid" will begin in the great Jamahiriya on March 6th, Libya-Watanona reported on Wednesday (November 18th). The first edition of the dese...Continue...

2009-11-19 England's national futsal team will travel to Libya next month to play two friendlies with the current African champions, the British sporting press...Continue...

2009-11-18 A French-Algerian nuclear physicist arrested on terror-related charges in Paris last month allegedly contacted North African terrorists to discuss po...Continue...

2009-11-18 A Moroccan court sentenced two Al Massae journalists to prison for "publishing false information" in a drug trafficking case, ANSA reported on Tuesda...Continue...

2009-11-18 Strengthening a country's agricultural sector should be a core element of national economic policy, Morocco Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi told intern...Continue...

2009-11-18 Tunisia topped the Maghreb region for public sector transparency in the 2009 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), Babnet reported on Wednesday (Novembe...Continue...

2009-11-18 Point Afrique will resume charter flights to the Mauritanian desert city of Atar next month, the French tour operator announced on Tuesday (November...Continue...

2009-11-18 Moroccan-born Olympic running champion Rashid Ramzi has been stripped of his Beijing Games medal, international press reported on Wednesday (November...Continue...

2009-11-18 Rabat-based teams FAR and Fath Union Sport will clash for the Throne Cup final on Wednesday (November 18th), MAP reported. The capital derby coincide...Continue...

2009-11-17 Morocco's first H1N1 fatality was a 23-year-old Oujda man who had been hospitalised since last week for a pulmonary infection, health officials annou...Continue...

2009-11-17 Mauritanian security forces took reporters on their first-ever tour of counter-terrorism operations in the restive desert region of Adrar on Friday (...Continue...

2009-11-17 Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on Monday (November 16th) addressed some 60 heads of state and world leaders gathered for the World Food S...Continue...

2009-11-17 Moroccan Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi-Fihri met with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in Nouakchott on Monday (November 16th) to discuss...Continue...

2009-11-17 The Algerian national football team feel at home in Sudan and are optimistic about the upcoming tie-breaker match with Egypt, Tout sur l'Algerie quot...Continue...

2009-11-17 Algerian Karim Ziani of Wolfsburg and Moroccan Marouane Chamakh of Bordeaux are among ten nominees for an annual best African football player award,...Continue...

2009-11-17 Moroccan cyclist Adil Jelloul on Monday (November 16th) won the Tour du Rwanda first stage between Kigali and Gisenyi, MAP reported. The 8-day Tour o...Continue...

2009-11-16 A 33-year-old Tunisian fisherman allegedly died last Thursday from complications related to the H1N1 swine flu virus, local and international press r...Continue...

2009-11-16 Representatives of governments, civil society and youth organisations from Arab League nations are in Algiers for the 1st Arab Conference on Youth Em...Continue...

2009-11-16 Mauritania held a workshop on Sunday (November 15th) to educate law enforcement and justice officials on slavery-related issues, DPA reported. The No...Continue...

2009-11-16 A week-end conference in Casablanca tackled intellectual property rights and the piracy of creative arts in the Arab world, MAP reported on Sunday (N...Continue...

2009-11-16 Algeria's national team arrived in Sudan on Sunday (November 15th) for the upcoming tie-breaker match with Egypt, APS reported. Egypt's 2-0 home win...Continue...

2009-11-16 Algerian runner Rabiaa Khaled won the International COMAR Marathon of the City of Tunis on Sunday (November 15th). Khaled clocked 3:10.42 to beat Tun...Continue...

2009-11-16 Rwanda's Dieudonne Disi won the 11th International Half-Marathon of Laayoune on Sunday (November 15th), MAP reported. Kenyan Pamela Lizouring won the...Continue...

2009-11-16 Tunisia defeated Algeria 29-24 in a friendly handball match on Sunday (November 15th), TAP reported. The first friendly clash in Sfax ended in a 29-2...Continue...

2009-11-16 Algeria beat Egypt and Germany to snatch the junior girls' team title on Sunday (November 15th) in Rabat at the 6th World Junior and Cadet Karate Cha...Continue...

2009-11-15 Spanish police in Pamplona arrested an Algerian terror suspect allegedly linked to a larger European terror cell dismantled last week, Algerian and i...Continue...

2009-11-15 Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali will be among the 60 heads of state set to attend the World Summit on Food Security in Rome on Monday (Nov...Continue...

2009-11-15 The National Union of the Moroccan Press (SNPM) hosted a musical evening on Saturday (November 14th) in Rabat to celebrate the newly-announced Morocc...Continue...

2009-11-15 Tunisie Telecom (TUNTEL) on Friday (November 13th) inaugurated the country's first submarine fibre optic cable, TAP reported. Dubbed "Hannibal", the...Continue...

2009-11-15 Morocco's third annual breakdance competition got under way in Dakhla on Saturday night (November 14th), MAP reported. Some 250 dancers and 33 teams...Continue...

2009-11-15 Algerian director Mahmoud Zemmouri is the jury chairman for the International Film Festival now under way in Amiens, France, APS reported. The offici...Continue...

2009-11-15 Tunisia ended their World Cup qualification chase by falling to Mozambique 1-0 in Maputo on Saturday (November 14th). Mozambique scored three minutes...Continue...

2009-11-15 Morocco gave up their last chance to qualify for CAN 2010 by losing 2-0 to Cameroon in Fez on Saturday (November 14th). The defeat ended a difficult...Continue...

2009-11-15 The Tunisian national rugby team lost to Namibia 18-13 in El Menzah on Saturday (November 14th) in the first leg of the Rugby World Cup African Zone...Continue...

2009-11-15 Moroccan tennis player Fatima Zahra El Alami defeated Tunisian Ons Jaber 6-0, 6-3 to win the African Cup of Nations women's title on Friday (November...Continue...

2009-11-15 The Royal Moroccan Boxing Federation will host a professional boxing evening on November 21st in Casablanca, MAP reported on Friday (November 13th)....Continue...

2009-11-13 Italian security officers arrested six Algerians for allegedly committing robberies to finance terrorism, international press reported on Thursday (N...Continue...

2009-11-13 The Union for the Mediterranean (UPM) agreed on Thursday (November 12th) to create a regional foundation and co-operation network to advance women's...Continue...

2009-11-13 Tunisian Present Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was sworn in to his fifth presidential term on Thursday (November 12th) at the Chamber of Deputies in Bardo,...Continue...

2009-11-13 A new project to help farmers in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco improve food security, traceability and European exports will be unveiled at the Intern...Continue...

2009-11-13 Morocco and Germany will sign an economic co-operation and development agreement in 2010, MAP quoted the German embassy in Rabat as saying in a state...Continue...

2009-11-13 Morocco aims to strengthen bilateral trade Turkey by leveraging what Trade Minister Ahmed Chami calls the nations' "close historical, cultural and re...Continue...

2009-11-13 Carthage Theatre Days in Tunis will feature 70 performances from Arab, Asian and Western artists through November 22nd, Tunisia Online reported on Th...Continue...

2009-11-13 Morocco lost their appeal regarding the Togo qualifier score decision by FIFA, the Atlas Lions reported on Thursday (November 12th). FIFA had previou...Continue...

2009-11-13 Tunisians Malek Jaziri and Heythem Abid will play in the men's final of the African Nations Cup Tennis Championships, now under way in Cairo, TAP rep...Continue...

2009-11-13 Moroccan kareteka Assil Benaissa won the +78kg category on Thursday (November 12th) at the 6th World Junior and Cadet Karate Championships in Rabat,...Continue...

2009-11-12 Libya and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) agreed to co-operate in the fight against organised crime, money laundering and trafficking, AFP r...Continue...

2009-11-12 Mauritanian security services arrested 34 African would-be immigrants along the border with Morocco, 55km north of Nouadhibou, international press re...Continue...

2009-11-12 The 2nd Euro-Mediterranean ministerial conference on gender equality and women's rights opened in Marrakech on Wednesday (November 11th), MAP reporte...Continue...

2009-11-12 Algerian secondary and technical school educators on Wednesday (November 11th) decided to continue the one-week general strike begun last Sunday, loc...Continue...

2009-11-12 Nine of France's biggest electricity companies presented proposals to Libyan energy officials in Tripoli on Tuesday (November 10th), ANSA reported. P...Continue...

2009-11-12 The environmental investment and employment fair "Green Ifriqya" opens in Tunis on Thursday (November 12th) with the participation of some 150 foreig...Continue...

2009-11-12 If Algeria and Egypt end up tied after the World Cup qualifier on November 14th, Sudan will host the play-off match on November 18th, FIFA announced...Continue...

2009-11-12 Tunisia's national team left Djerba-Zarzis international airport on Wednesday (November 11th) for a 12-hour flight to Maputo, TAP reported. They play...Continue...

2009-11-11 An Algiers court on Monday sentenced three Moroccans to three years in jail on terror-related charges, APS quoted judicial sources as saying on Tuesd...Continue...

2009-11-11 A Moroccan appellate court on Tuesday (November 10th) upheld the prison sentences handed down last month to 3 Al Michaal journalists for reporting "f...Continue...

2009-11-11 The Algerian economy created an average of 4,000 new jobs per day during the first half of 2009, a government report said on Tuesday (November 10th)....Continue...

2009-11-11 Algerian Energy minister Chakib Khelil on Tuesday (November 10th) called for the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) to create a cartel similar to O...Continue...

2009-11-11 A conference on EU-West Africa fisheries agreements opened in Nouakchott on Tuesday (November 10th), PANA reported. The 3-day meeting is attended by...Continue...

2009-11-11 The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) welcomed representatives of 88 countries and 17 international organisations to...Continue...

2009-11-11 The Organisation of Arab Women (OFA) and UNESCO on Tuesday (November 10th) in Tunis launched a training workshop for Arab women broadcast journalists...Continue...

2009-11-11 Djamel Abdoun arrived on Tuesday (November 10th) at Algeria's training camp in Italy, Liberte reported. Injured player Antar Yahia's status is still...Continue...

2009-11-11 Morocco coach Hassan Moumen said the Atlas Lions still believe in their chance to qualify for the 2010 CAN finals in Angola, MAP reported on Tuesday...Continue...

2009-11-11 Tunisian international and Lens forward Issam Jemaa said the Carthage Eagles will play the World Cup qualifier against Mozambique on Saturday to win,...Continue...

2009-11-11 Tunis will host the second African Nations Petanque Championship from November 19th-22nd, TAP reported on Tuesday (November 10th). Algeria, Morocco,...Continue...

2009-11-10 A roadside bomb blast on Monday (November 9th) killed a senior Algerian army officer and wounded two soldiers at Cap Djenet, Boumerdes province, Tout...Continue...

2009-11-10 The Mauritanian Parliament opened the 2009-2010 session on Monday (November 9th) with calls for reconciliation and unity, local press reported. In hi...Continue...

2009-11-10 Libya has seen a dramatic decline in the number of Italy-bound African harragas, Reuters reported on Monday (November 9th). "We are happy to say that...Continue...

2009-11-10 Moroccan Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa and his Austrian counterpart, Maria Fekter, signed a mutual-assistance agreement in Rabat on Monday (Nove...Continue...

2009-11-10 Moroccan Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband met on Monday (November 9th) in London for bilateral talks, M...Continue...

2009-11-10 The US African Development Foundation (USADF) has granted development assistance funds to eight Mauritanian NGOs in Adrar, Kaédi, Guidimakha, M' Bout...Continue...

2009-11-10 Casablanca and Rabat will open the international Andalusian music festival "Andalussyat" on November 18th, MAP reported on Monday (November 9th). The...Continue...

2009-11-10 In a move to boost the country's film industry, Algeria plans to create a state-owned cinema-production company, ANSA reported on Monday (November 9t...Continue...

2009-11-10 Only about 2,000 lucky Algerians will be able to purchase tickets on Tuesday (November 10th) for the Greens' World Cup qualifier in Cairo. Air Algeri...Continue...

2009-11-10 Morocco won the team bronze medal last weekend at the African Continental Road Cycling Championships in Namibia, MAP reported on Monday (November 9th...Continue...

2009-11-10 Moroccan international and Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh will sponsor a crew for the 2010 edition of the all-female Moroccan desert rally "Aïcha...Continue...

2009-11-09 Mauritania's ruling Union for the Republic (UPR) party won 12 of the 17 Senate seats up for renewal on Sunday (November 8th). Voters deciding one-thi...Continue...

2009-11-09 Algerian primary and secondary school teachers began a general strike on Sunday (November 8th), Tout sur l'Algerie reported. The simultaneous strike...Continue...

2009-11-09 Mauritanian authorities on Sunday (November 8th) released three journalists for Qatari satellite television channel Al Jazeera after two days in jail...Continue...

2009-11-09 New petrol and gas taxes to be discussed next month at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen would have "a negative impact on OPEC economies...Continue...

2009-11-09 Gulf investors interested in acquiring Moroccan holdings will meet on November 19th-20th in Rabat, MAP reported. The 2nd annual "Gulfinvest" conferen...Continue...

2009-11-09 Libya will open the 9th "Al Jamahiriya" international book fair in Tripoli and Benghazi on Monday (November 9th), PANA reported. Nearly 400 Arab, Afr...Continue...

2009-11-09 The Greens held their first training session at Italy's Coverciano Technical Centre on Saturday (November 7th), Echorouk reported. "Italy became the...Continue...

2009-11-09 Moroccan international and AS Nancy defender Abdessalam Benjelloun suffered an injury during French league match play on Saturday (November 7th), The...Continue...

2009-11-09 The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will hold the draw for the Africa Cup of Nations finals on November 20th in Luanda, El Watan reported on...Continue...

2009-11-08 Russian chess world champion Anatoly Karpov on Friday (November 6th) officially opened a Rabat chess school bearing his name, MAP reported. The Moroc...Continue...

2009-11-08 European Union diplomats ended their assessment mission to Nouakchott on Saturday (November 7th), local and international press reported. The visit...Continue...

2009-11-08 Tunisia convicted eight men of belonging to a terrorist group and supplying it with arms, Reuters reported on Saturday (November 7th). The sentences...Continue...

2009-11-08 Mauritanians began voting on Saturday (November 7th) to renew one-third of the 56-member senate. The upper house of the Mauritanian parliament has 53...Continue...

2009-11-08 More than 40 African heads of state and governments are participating in the 4th Forum on China-Africa Co-operation, which got under way on Sunday (N...Continue...

2009-11-08 Morocco is one of six African countries set to share $1.1 billion in World Bank grants and loans aimed at developing renewable energies, MAP reported...Continue...

2009-11-08 The 2nd Euro-Mediterranean ministerial conference on gender equality will open in Marrakesh on November 11th, MAP reported on Saturday (November 7th)...Continue...

2009-11-08 Algerian international and Portsmouth midfielder Hassan Yebda suffered a practice injury on Friday (November 6th), Tout sur l'Algerie quoted his Engl...Continue...

2009-11-08 Any Algerian football clubs that failed to properly pay player salaries or bonuses will be barred from recruiting talent during the winter mercato, T...Continue...

2009-11-08 Hosts Tunisia defeated Egypt 6-2 at the North African Football Union (UNAF) women's tournament on Friday (November 6th), TAP reported. Algeria finish...Continue...

2009-11-08 Tunisia launched an international swimming and water polo tournament on Friday (November 6th) in Radès, TAP reported. Algeria, Morocco, Libya, and Fr...Continue...

2009-11-06 To mark the 22nd anniversary of his accession to power, Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on Thursday (November 5th) granted parole to dozen...Continue...

2009-11-06 Infrastructure experts from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia joined their European peers in Barcelona on Thursday (November 5th) for a Union for the Medi...Continue...

2009-11-06 To help Mauritania combat illegal immigration and drug trafficking, Spain donated an airplane equipped with marine surveillance technology, ANI repor...Continue...

2009-11-06 Libyan civil aviation representatives and tourism sector professionals arrived on the Tunisian island of Djerba on Thursday (November 5th) to celebra...Continue...

2009-11-06 Libyan Post Telecommunications & Information Technology Company (LPTIC) and Alcatel-Lucent on Thursday (November 5th) signed a contract adding some 2...Continue...

2009-11-06 Tunisian coach Humberto Coelho on Thursday (November 5th) called his final 23-player squad for the November 14th World Cup qualifier against Mozambiq...Continue...

2009-11-06 Morocco coach Hassan Moumen on Thursday (November 5th) named 24 players to his final list for the November 14th World Cup home qualifier against Came...Continue...

2009-11-06 The Raid 4L Trophy, a desert rally limited to student racers with Renault 4L automobiles, will begin in Morocco on February 18th, MAP reported on Thu...Continue...

2009-11-06 The 24th International Marathon of the City of Tunis will be held on November 15th, organisers announced at a press conference on Thursday (November...Continue...

2009-11-05 The al-Qaeda emir responsible for executing British hostage Edwin Dyer last May was gravely injured in a clash with Algerian troops in Adrar, El Khab...Continue...

2009-11-05 To minimise H1N1 contagion, Algeria will require hajj pilgrims to undergo medical examination upon their return from Saudi Arabia, Religious Affairs...Continue...

2009-11-05 Mauritania on Wednesday (November 4th) launched a large-scale campaign to eradicate begging, ANI reported. The programme will offer vocational traini...Continue...

2009-11-05 The 2nd Italy-Libya Trade Show concluded in Tripoli on Thursday (November 5th). IT and technology firms, along with businesses specialised in marble,...Continue...

2009-11-05 Algeria on November 21st will begin work on a new national strategy to support the handicraft sector, including loans and other funding solutions for...Continue...

2009-11-05 Bochum and Algerian international defender Antar Yahia has suffered a training injury that could keep him off the pitch in Cairo, Football365 reporte...Continue...

2009-11-05 Tunisia defeated Algeria 1-0 at a North African Football Union (UNAF) women's tournament match played Wednesday (November 4th) in Hammam-Sousse, TAP...Continue...

2009-11-05 The Glasgow Rangers may sell Algerian international defender Madjid Bougherra for 8.5m euros during the winter mercato, El Moudjahid reported on Thur...Continue...

2009-11-05 Moroccan international and Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh is ready to discuss pre-contracts with interested football clubs during the winter merca...Continue...

2009-11-05 Moroccan body-builder Mohammed Touri won the 90kg silver medal at the 63rd World Bodybuilding Championships in Doha on Wednesday (November 4th), MAP...Continue...