Head of Tunisia moderate Islamist Ennahda party, Rached Ghannouchi, has vowed to fight and stand up to the hardline salafists who showed lately their ...

Cost of “Non-Maghreb”, exorbitant for North Africa
The countries of the Maghreb set up in February 1989 a union that was designed to be a milestone in promoting inter-Maghreban relations on the politic...

French magazine cartoons: France fears violent backlash
France, fearing a backlash after a French satirical magazine published provocative cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, has decided to temporarily close ...

The Jasmine Plan: Tunisia’s Way to Economic Recovery
When fruit seller Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire in December 2010 and started the first of the series of “Arab Spring” revolutions,...

Morocco, Jordan and Tunisia gets European bank investments
Morocco, Jordan and Tunisia will soon benefit from investments coming from Europe’s Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as their economies ...

Washington fears violence over anti-Islam film may spread to U.S.
While protest movements and demonstrations, sometimes violent, are being staged across the Islamic world to denounce the video deemed insulting to Isl...

The Risks of Revolution: Tunisia and the Future of Hizb al-Nahda
Revolutions are a risky business, not least for the revolutionaries themselves. Be they in 18th century France or in 21st century Tunisia, revolutions...