North Africa
Moroccan villagers occupy silver mine
Berber villagers in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco are blocking operations of the Imiter Mettalurgic Mining Company—whose principal owner is King Mohammed VI.
Tag: North Africa
North Africa
Morocco considers amending rape law
Morocco's parliament announced a proposal to amend Article 475 of the penal code, which allows rapists to avoid charges if they marry their victims.
North Africa
Tunisia opts for civil law over sharia in constitution
Following intense debate, Tunisian members of parliament rejected Islam as the main source of law for the country as they voted to establish a new constitution.
North Africa
Benghazi bad guys: Is You Is or Is You Ain’t al-Qaeda?
Republicans are scrambling after a New York Times story dismissed a Qaeda link in the 2012 Benghazi attack—but the question of what constitutes "al-Qaeda" is inherently political.
North Africa
Beyond Benghazi: Libya faces converging crises
The death of a US national in Benghazi thrust Libya briefly into the news—as lawless militias, ethnic conflicts and labor strife daily claim lives across the country.
North Africa
Mali: Tuareg rebels declare end to ceasefire
Tuareg rebels of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) announced that they are ending their ceasefire with the Malian government following new clashes.
North Africa
Former Mali junta leader detained for murder
Gen. Amadou Haya Sanogo, leader of the March 2012 coup that plunged Mali into civil war, was arrested on charges of murder, conspiracy, assassination and kidnapping.
North Africa
France launches new military offensive in Mali
French and allied African forces launched a new offensive against Islamist rebels in northern Mali after a suicide attack on a checkpoint killed two Chadian soldiers.
North Africa
Mauritania: polls boycotted, slavery condemned
Mauritania's opposition parties will boycott upcoming elections, seen as legitimizing a dictatorship, while a "Global Slavery Index" names the country as the world's worst offender.
North Africa
Libya indicts Qaddafi aides for crimes in 2011 war
About 30 aides to Moammar Qaddafi, including his son Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, were indicted by a Libyan court for a list of offenses allegedly committed during the 2011 revolt.
North Africa
Qaeda commander claimed captured in Libya
Al-Qaeda operative Nazih Abdul Hamed al-Ruqai AKA Abu Anas al-Libi, wanted for his role in the 1998 African embassy bombings, was reportedly captured by US forces in Tripoli.
North Africa
Libya: suspend death sentences of Qaddafi loyalists
Human Rights Watch called on Libya to suspend the death sentences of two former officials convicted of crimes related to the country’s uprising in June 2011.