North Africa

Egypt-Israel peace accord strains as Sinai militarization grows - opinion

Egypt’s expanding Sinai military presence, once justified by anti-ISIS needs, is raising Israeli concerns over the 1979 peace deal’s erosion.

Military personnel stand guard on the day of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly's visit to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, October 31, 2023.
 A column of black smoke rises above buildings as traffic passes the Africa Tower monument in Bamako on April 26, 2026.

Africa's Mali crisis widens as extremist groups advance and state control erodes - analysis

Dolmen of Menga in Antequera, Spain, April 15, 2026.

DNA analysis reveals ancestry of man buried in ancient Spanish tomb, shows mixed heritage - study

 Mimouna table at the Arviv family in Ashkelon, Israel.

Why Mimouna matters - opinion


Organizations to recite mass prayers for Jews buried in Arab countries

Thus far, over 100 organizations and communities have signed up at www.KaddishInitiative.com, including the Israeli umbrella organization for Jews from Arab countries.

Reciting the Kaddish prayer at the city’s ancient Jewish cemetery

Pascale's Kitchen: Traditional North-African couscous

The process of preparing couscous might be a bit complicated, but it does have the advantage of all being cooked together at the same time with the soup, at the end of which you have an entire meal.

Preparing couscous

A plan to achieve a development model in Morocco – opinion

Morocco’s development frustrations stem from insufficient training in participatory development among those responsible for facilitating community dialogue and actions.

VENDORS SERVE customers at a market in Rabat in 2013.

MENA Countries Showing Effects of Rush to Jump-start Economies

'At the mid-point of the coronavirus, most Israelis expressed trust in Netanyahu. In the last month, you can see a pretty steep decline in this trust'

Muslims in the Old City in Jerusalem shop in preparation for Ramadan

230,000 coronavirus cases reported throughout Middle East

Turkey is now the largest center of the pandemic in the Middle East with more than 90,000 cases

The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt

Turkey rapidly succeeds in taking over Libya conflict - analysis

Libya is in the midst of a civil war that pits Khalifa Haftar, a general controlling most of the country, against a weak government.

A member of Libya's internationally recognised government forces carries a weapon in Ain Zara, Tripoli, Libya October 14, 2019. Picture taken October 14, 2019.

Egypt and allies seek to confront Turkish involvement in Libya

Turkey wants to send troops to Libya, giving it a foothold that will be difficult to reduce. The troops are likely part of a larger deal.

Egypt flag waving with helicopter in background 370

North African tolerance

“Why not build a memorial for the victims of the Israeli Holocaust against the children of Sabra, Shatila, Deir Yassin, Jenin, Gaza and Qana?”

THEN-PRESIDENT Yitzhak Ben-Zvi and his wife Rachel Yana’it Ben-Zvi with new immigrants from North Africa, aboard the ship ‘Negba’ in 1955.

French-language ideologies create conflict in Morocco

North African country’s parliament approves draft law to teach topics in French despite controversy within ruling party.

Back to school (illustrative)

Two killed as Sudan forces try to disperse protesters-witnesses, TV

British ambassador 'extremely concerned' by heavy gunfire

Sudanese demonstrators cheer as they attend a protest rally demanding Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir to step down outside the Defence Ministry in Khartoum, Sudan April 11, 2019