Tunisia Jails Rights Activist Bensedrine for 25 Years
A Tunis court jailed Tunisia rights activist Sihem Bensedrine, 75, for 25 years, drawing EU condemnation and fresh warnings over...
July 7, 2026Topic
North Africa
Egypt Tourism Breaks Records as the Grand Museum Delivers
Egypt tourism set records in 2026: 6.1 million visitors by April, Q1 revenue near $5.1 billion and a 21-million goal,...
July 6, 2026
African Music Gets a New TV Stage Across North Africa
Y'Africa returns for Season 4 in July 2026, bringing African music to 2M Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt as Orange expands...
July 4, 2026
Timitar, Morocco’s Free Festival of Berber Music, Fills Agadir
Timitar Festival, Morocco's celebration of Amazigh, or Berber, music, is filling the beach city of Agadir with hundreds of free...
July 3, 2026
Egypt’s Economy Holds Firm as the IMF Trims Its Forecast
Egypt's economy grew 5.3% in early 2026 yet the IMF trimmed its forecast to 4.2%. See why oil prices, $2.3B...
July 3, 2026
Morocco’s Tourism Boom Races Toward the 2030 World Cup
Morocco tourism hit a record 7.7 million visitors from January to May 2026, on the way to a 30-million target...
July 2, 2026
Tunisia Spurns the IMF and Bets on Itself
Tunisia’s stalled 1.9 billion dollar IMF deal leaves a 700-million-euro Eurobond due July 2026. The country plans to raise nearly...
July 1, 2026
Could there be a Russian-Turkish quid pro quo in Ukraine and Syria?
Turkish President Erdogan recently revealed that his country intends to soon make good on its prior plans to establish a...
June 8, 2022
Brazil is world’s biggest ‘halal’ food exporter
Halal is an Arabic word that means lawful, allowed. Brazil is world's biggest 'halal' food exporter that deal with halal...
October 5, 2021