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Morocco to receive Saudi energy aid
PRESSTV Tue, 06 May 2008 07:51:13 GMT
Saudi Arabia is to give Morocco $500 million in a bid to alleviate the effects of rising energy prices, Morocco's Foreign Ministry says.
Calderoni set to upset ties with Libya
PRESSTV Sun, 04 May 2008 03:52:24 GMT
Remarks by a Libyan charity managed by the Muammar Qaddafi's son have put Italian political circles on edge.
Airbus sells 19 aircraft to Tunisia
PRESSTV Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:47:17 GMT
European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has signed a deal with Tunisia to sell 19 Airbus planes, including 16 firm orders to the country.
Algerian army kills 14 Qaeda fighters
PRESSTV Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:18:03 GMT
Algerian government forces kill 14 al-Qaeda insurgents and destroy a number of their hideouts in the mountains east of capital, Algiers.
Algeria army 'kills 10 militants'
BBC Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:18:30 GMT
Ten Islamic militants in Algeria have died in raids on three hideouts by government troops, security officials say.
German MPs grill intelligence Chief
PRESSTV Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:18:42 GMT
German lawmakers have grilled the head of the country's foreign intelligence service (BND) on a Libyan security forces training scandal.
Spain holds Morocco bomb suspect
BBC Wed, 2 Apr 08 15:33:24 BST
Spanish police detain two men wanted by Moroccan authorities for links to Islamic extremists.
Kuwaiti Emir to hurry back home
PRESSTV Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:50:07 GMT
Kuwaiti Emir is due to make his Morocco visit short and return home following Kuwaiti cabinet ministers' surprising joint resignation.
Al-Qaeda issues hostage ultimatum
ALJAZEERA Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:12:05 PM
Group wants five prisoners in Algeria and Tunisia in exchange for kidnapped Austrians.
Austria appeals to al-Qaeda captors
ALJAZEERA Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:57:03 AM
Vienna seeks release of two hostages in Tunisia but refuses to meet captors' demand.
Al-Qaeda issues hostage ultimatum
ALJAZEERA Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:22:36 AM
Group wants prisoners in Algeria and Tunisia in exchange for kidnapped Austrian tourists.
Al-Qaeda 'kills 20 Algerian troops'
PRESSTV Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:24:47 GMT
Al-Qaeda's North African wing says it has killed 20 Algerian soldiers and wounded 30 in clashes with the army in its eastern stronghold.
Algeria: Anti-Iran sanctions 'unwise'
PRESSTV Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:35:09 GMT
Algerian deputy foreign minister has termed the adoption of the new round of sanctions against Iran by the Security Council irrational.
Iran, Tunisia to boost energy ties
PRESSTV Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:24:30 GMT
Tunisia's Industry and Energy Minister Afif Chelbi has called for expansion of ties with the Islamic Republic in the electricity sector.
Morocco uncovers terror ring planning attacks on local Jews
HAARETZ Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:03:44 GMT
Morocco says it has dismantled a terrorist network plotting to ...
Libya slams Germany over arms sale
PRESSTV Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:04:59 GMT
The eldest son of the Libyan leader has criticized Germany over its double standards towards selling weapons to different countries.
Gazprom, Sonatrach to resume co-op
PRESSTV Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:54:18 GMT
Russian Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko says Gazprom and Algeria's Sonatrach could reactivate a gas deal they abandoned last year.
Algeria hit by fatal bomb blast
ALJAZEERA Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:53:58 AM
Bomb explodes outside a police station east of the capital Algiers.
Lethal car bomb rocks Algerian town
PRESSTV Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:13:18 GMT
A car bomb has exploded in the town of Thenia, 55 km east of the Algerian capital Algiers, claiming three lives, security sources say.
Car bomb attack in Algerian city
BBC Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:34:29 GMT
A car bomb explodes in the Algerian city of Thenia, apparently outside a police station, reports say.
Marching orders for migrants in Libya?
BBC Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:05:31 GMT
Libya's decision to expel its estimated one million illegal immigrants is seen by many as an empty threat, writes the BBC's Rana Jawad.
Algerian police kill four 'terrorists'
PRESSTV Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:55:42 GMT
Four armed Algerian terrorists have been killed in separate operations by security forces across the country over the last three days.
Mottaki slams West's double standards
PRESSTV Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:54:32 GMT
Iran's Foreign Minister has condemned the act of terrorism in Algeria, as a measure which would only serve the policies of the enemies.
Libya to deport illegal immigrants
PRESSTV Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:05:58 GMT
Libya has defended plans for expulsion of illegal immigrants, rejecting criticism from rights group that is violating international law.
Deportations from Libya 'illegal' - Libyan leader may be reacting to pressure to stop Africans trying to reach Europe
BBC Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:03:27 GMT
Libya will be violating international and domestic law if it deports 1m illegal immigrants, Human Rights Watch says.

The New York-based group said Libyan law prohibited deportation to countries where refugees may face persecution.

A HRW spokesman told the BBC the Libyan leader may be reacting to pressure to stop Africans trying to reach Europe.

The BBC's Rana Jawad in the capital, Tripoli, says illegal immigrants are the backbone of the country's economy.
UN says Algeria ignored warnings
BBC Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:36:01 GMT
Algeria did not respond to requests for tighter security before a bombing that left 17 UN staff dead, the UN says.
US court orders Libya to pay $6bn
BBC Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:58:51 GMT
A US court orders Libya to pay $6bn in damages over the bombing of a French airliner in 1989.
Six troops hurt in Algeria attack
BBC Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:34:37 GMT
Six Algerian soldiers are injured in an ambush on their patrol in a troubled region east of Algiers.
New round of W Sahara talks begins
ALJAZEERA Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:51:44 AM
Morocco and the Polisario Front meet in New York over region's future.
Is the West complicit in the 300 murders in Kenya ? Part of the modus operandi of modern colonialism
WORLDPRESSNETWORK Sat, 05 Jan 2008
The post-election protests and murders in Kenya share similarities to the "Orange Revolution" in Ukraine, the "Rose Revolution" in Georgia, and the arming of Fatah faction when Hamas won the Palestinian elections. The modus operandi of modern colonialism appears to be that if the West's "preferred partner" doesn't win the elections, then the losing partner starts a civil disobedience campaign, possibly leading to outright anarchy and murder. If this doesn't force a re-run of the election, or power sharing which gives some power to the losing partner, the next ratchet up is western backed military coups, as seen in Algeria, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq ("Saddam Hussein played a key role in the 1968 coup that brought the party to long-term power") and the West Bank in 2007. If there is no internally successful way to overthrow the local leaders, the next ratchet up is external sanctions, like in Cuba, as well as Iraq in 1990s, and Gaza in 2007. The final ratchet is outright military invasion (such as the recent Iraq and Afghanistan invasions).
Miliband urges Kenya power deal - The Kenyan Electoral Commission declared President Mwai Kibaki the winner but EU observers have said the presidential poll was flawed.
BBC Sat, 05 Jan 2008
Foreign Secretary David Miliband has called on the leaders of Kenya's political parties to share power, as violence continues in the country.

More than 300 people have been killed in violent clashes following disputed presidential elections on Sunday.

Mr Miliband said President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga needed to take responsibility.

"The only way the country is going to make progress...is through the sharing of political power," he said.

The Kenyan Electoral Commission declared President Mwai Kibaki the winner after Sunday's election, but EU observers have said the presidential poll was flawed.
Morocco jails 51 for terror plots
ALJAZEERA Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:36:12 AM
Rabat says the group planned to declare 'holy war' in northeast Morocco.
Libya hails relations with US
ALJAZEERA Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:55:52 AM
But highest-level contact in 35 years clouded by rights and compensation issues.
Policemen killed in Algeria bombing
ALJAZEERA Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:07:35 AM
At least three dead and 20 more injured in suicide attack in town east of Algiers.
Bombing hits Algerian police post
BBC Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:55:33 GMT
A bomb explodes near a police station in the Algerian city of Naciria, with a number of casualties reported.
Libya to head UN Security Council
ALJAZEERA Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:17:36 PM
The North African country gets the top job after US decides not to block its bid.
Dakar and Rabat row over W Sahara
ALJAZEERA Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:59:29 AM
Senegal and Morocco recall ambassadors after Senegalese opposition lauds Polisario.
Gadaffi visit leaves Sarkozy at bay
GUARDIAN Sun, 16 Dec 2007
Critics talk of 'disgrace' as government defends arms sales to Libya's leader
UN toll in Algiers bombing rises
BBC Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:36:37 GMT
Seventeen UN employees are now known to have died in Tuesday's car bombings in Algiers, the UN says.
Algeria: a new front for al-Qaeda?
BBC Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:49:04 GMT
Is Algeria experiencing a resurgence of the violence it suffered in the 1990s, or is its conflict becoming internationalised, the BBC's Roger Hardy asks.
Media anger after Algeria bombings
BBC Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:18:40 GMT
The Algerian press voices anger and concern after the double car bombing in Algeria which left dozens dead, including at least 11 UN staff.
Blasts kill up to 67 in Algiers
GUARDIAN Wed, 12 Dec 2007
Speculation that UN mission was target for two rush hour blasts
Algerian bomb blasts linked to al-Qa'ida
INDEPENDENT Wed, 12 Dec 2007
Nearly 70 people were killed in Algiers yesterday when two car bombs exploded within minutes of one other. The attack appeared to have been staged by al-Qa'ida's north African wing and specifically targeted the United Nations operation in the Algerian capital.
Al-Qaeda claims Algeria bombings
ALJAZEERA Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:27:38 PM
Dozens killed in two attacks on a UN building and the constitutional court in Algiers.
'Dozens killed' in Algeria blasts
BBC Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:29 GMT
The Algerian capital, Algiers, has been rocked by two deadly bomb attacks, on the country's Constitutional Council and the offices of the United Nations.

Medical officials have said more than 60 people were killed, but Algeria's Interior Minister, Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni, has only confirmed 22 deaths.
Eyewitness: Algiers bomb blasts
BBC Tue, 11 Dec 2007
There have been two bombs in the Algerian capital, Algiers, which have left dozens dead and many more injured. The second blast was at UN offices in the city. Sophie Haspeslagh, an employee at the United Nations Development Programme, described hearing the first explosion before being caught up in the second.
Popular Tunisian singer Saber el-Rubai makes rare visit to W. Bank
HAARETZ Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:46:05 GMT
One of the most popular singers in the Arab world, Tunisian Saber el-Rubai, made a rare visit to the West Bank on Tuesday and urged other Arab ...
Libya: From desert to oasis
INDEPENDENT Sat, 08 Dec 2007
Ali took a hunk of camel meat and carefully chopped it