Browsing: North Africa

People in Sudan are celebrating after the country’s armed forces recaptured the strategically important city of Wad Madani, the capital of Al Jazira State. It’s created…

Belatedly, the US has slapped sanctions on the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary in Sudan and its chief – for genocide. The group’s atrocities in the proxy…

In September 2002, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a bold case to Congress for the US war on Iraq, claiming that Israel’s enemy, Iraq, had…

Morocco is seeking World Heritage status for its ancient Amazigh granaries – found mainly in and around Agadir. Back in the day, these storehouses functioned as…

On this day in 1916, independent Algeria’s first elected president, a true revolutionary fighter, was born. Ben Bella’s journey to prominence began during World War II,…