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The performance of africans on european champions league day 1

The performance of africans on european champions league day 1

The European Champions league resumed on tuesday with his first day. As usual many African were concerned . Afrik-news.com...
Algeria:  Battered Women

Algeria: Battered Women

Cases of women abused by their Husbands and disowned by their families are prevalent in the Algerian Society in which the male sex is...
Randa: A transsexual is above all a human being

Randa: A transsexual is above all a human being

Randa is an Algerian transsexual. She tells her poignant story in a book, The Memoirs of Randa the Trans, which was recently published in...
FiSahara: British film industry at Sahara refugee film festival

FiSahara: British film industry at Sahara refugee film festival

Around 150 members of the British film industry gathered on Wednesday evening for the London launch of the 8th International Sahara Film Festival: the...
Social media and cyber-activism in North Africa’s revolution

Social media and cyber-activism in North Africa’s revolution

As hundreds of thousands of Egyptians in Cairo’s Tahrir Square celebrated the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February, some held up mobile...
Algeria’s of state of emergency: The more things change…

Algeria’s of state of emergency: The more things change…

Long demanded by the opposition, the abrogation of the 19-year old emergency decree in Algeria was published on February 24 in the north African...
Experts and Gibberish in the Ethiopian, Egyptian, Tunisian, Libyan and Western context

Experts and Gibberish in the Ethiopian, Egyptian, Tunisian, Libyan and Western context

The poetic rhetoric of some American officials in the face of complex political issues tend bring gist to the mill of the satirist. “Some...
After clampdown Algeria protesters vow to return

After clampdown Algeria protesters vow to return

As the much doubted domino effect of the popular Arab revolt takes root, President Bouteflika of Algeria is seemingly the next to face the...
Libya, Algeria, Yemen, Bahrain, who’s Arab world’s next?

Libya, Algeria, Yemen, Bahrain, who’s Arab world’s next?

The successful revolt in Tunisia under the autocratic regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who had ruled for 23 years inspired confidence in...
Algeria protests take place amid 30,000 police deployment

Algeria protests take place amid 30,000 police deployment

A real tussle between the government and the opposition is gaining momentum as the wind of revolt that is currently shaking the Arab world...
When revolution rocks North Africa and the Middle East

When revolution rocks North Africa and the Middle East

The wave of revolt currently rocking the foundations of the Afro-Arab world is unstoppable. Algeria, Morocco, Sudan, Mauritania ... Encouraged by the Tunisian...
A domino effect in the Arab world after Tunisia?

A domino effect in the Arab world after Tunisia?

The Tunisian revolt has created high hopes in the Arab world, which has long since been weaned from freedom and democracy. Will Arab countries...
Christmas jingle bells ring loud in Islamic North Africa

Christmas jingle bells ring loud in Islamic North Africa

Santa has paved his merry way into the heart and soul of Northern Africa, a Muslim-majority region. Decorated Christmas trees, mistletoes and artificial snow...
NAPEO: A new North African and U.S. partnership

NAPEO: A new North African and U.S. partnership

After meeting with government officials and entrepreneurs throughout North Africa, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Jose Fernandez, says...
New AU laws to tackle Al-Qaeda in Africa

New AU laws to tackle Al-Qaeda in Africa

Reports of resurgence in drug trafficking activities, banditry, and hostage taking by groups affiliated to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), in the Sahel...
Tuareg and AQIM: The unlikely jihadist bedmates

Tuareg and AQIM: The unlikely jihadist bedmates

Last September, the abduction five Europeans sparked a hue and cry. Tuareg in the Sahel region were accused of operating in concert with Al...
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An Eurocentric Nobel Prize and African literature

African literature is generally ignored by the Nobel committee. Since 1901, only four writers from the continent have been rewarded, two of whom...
Running the gauntlet: Silent Saharawis protest on streets of Western Sahara

Running the gauntlet: Silent Saharawis protest on streets of Western Sahara

“They tore off my clothes leaving me naked in front of their ferocious eyes,” twenty year-old Nguia El Haouasi tells me describing an ordeal...
Algeria snubs France in sahel counterterrorism initiative

Algeria snubs France in sahel counterterrorism initiative

Paris wants to organize a conference of heads of state of a group of Sahel countries that have joined forces to fight against terrorist...
Algeria-Morocco: Violent clash averted in Western Sahara stand-off

Algeria-Morocco: Violent clash averted in Western Sahara stand-off

“I have just lived through one of the most terrifying experiences of my life” renowned Spanish actor Willy Toledo, tells me over the phone...
African coalition to fight Al-Qaeda in Sahel formed

African coalition to fight Al-Qaeda in Sahel formed

A meeting in Algeria on Sunday saw the Chiefs of Defence Staff from Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and Niger agreeing to join forces to fight...
Algeria: A disturbing trial of Christians over Islamic Ramadan fast

Algeria: A disturbing trial of Christians over Islamic Ramadan fast

Two Christian construction workers appeared in court for not observing the Ramadan, the month of Muslim fast, on August 13. While most are dumbfounded,...
Rape in Mecca: Algerians seethe with anger

Rape in Mecca: Algerians seethe with anger

The alleged rape and murder of a young Franco-Algerian girl in Mecca has set Algerian public opinion ablaze. An investigation was opened on Thursday...
The crescent: Islam’s accidental symbol

The crescent: Islam’s accidental symbol

A self-proclaimed fundamentalist movement gave Moroccan pharmacists one month to dismantle the bright green crosses representative of the pharmaceutical industry in many countries around...
Ramadan and crime: What Algerian authorities tried to hide

Ramadan and crime: What Algerian authorities tried to hide

The holy month of Islamic fasting, Ramadan as an important element in the control of vice is being scrutinized after a study, published in...
Algeria’s collective suicides over joblessness

Algeria’s collective suicides over joblessness

At 9 am last Thursday, July 29, the southern regional office of the National Employment Agency (ANEM) in Ouargla province, located 500km south of...
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Algeria’s Timgad Roman ruins: A “Numidian Pompeii”

The Timgad archaeological site spreads its sumptuous ruins across the Aurès mountains. Listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO, the ancient Roman city,...
Football: Who is Africa’s best Goalkeeper?

Football: Who is Africa’s best Goalkeeper?

Who is the best among equals? The glorious times of the Songo'os, Zakis and Rufais are over. The elders have successfully passed on the...
Middle East and North Africa open for telecom business

Middle East and North Africa open for telecom business

France Telecom have recently announced its plans to acquire five telecom deals in North Africa and the Middle East and are hoping to complete...
Algerian terrorist attack kills several

Algerian terrorist attack kills several

11 police border guards (GGF) were killed in the fatal attack in the town of Tinzaouatine in the Tamanrasset wilaya, near the Mali-Algerian border,...