Egypt A secular party aims to defy odds despite criticism

Morocco’s King Calls on Islamic Countries to Take Joint Action against Climate Change

King Mohammed VI has called on Islamic countries to adopt a common action to counter the challenges of climate change, saying no single country, whatever its capabilities, can effectively address the pressing environmental problems and their negative effects which go beyond geographic borders. In a message addressed to the 8th Islamic Conference of Environment ministers, […]

Algeria bows to Mali, adding another capitulation after failed standoffs with Spain and France

Algeria has quietly climbed down in its standoff with Mali, reopening its airspace to Malian aircraft and returning its ambassador to Bamako, the latest in a string of diplomatic retreats that has come to define Algiers’ diplomacy with the countries it has picked fights with in recent years, from Spain to France and now the […]

Mauritanians to decide on July 15 whether President could extend reign

Mauritanians will decide on July 15 whether autocratic leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz could run again for the elections in 2019, the year his current term ends. The date of the referendum on constitutional reforms proposed by the President’s ruling party was set by the cabinet last week. The fate of the President in 2019, […]