When in trouble, blame the migrants or ethnic minorities. That is a tried and tested tactic used by populist politicians or authoritarian leaders to win...
Tag - North Africa
According to media reports, Morocco has become the first African country to send tanks to Ukraine. But it’s not just doing so because it believes in the...
The president, Kais Saied, is using refugees and opposition figures as scapegoats to distract from a struggling economy and his rolling power grab What is...
Archaeologists have unearthed a sphinx-like statue and the remains of a shrine in an ancient temple in southern Egypt, the antiquities ministry says. The...
Migrant crackdown is prompting increasing number of people from sub-Saharan Africa to board boats On a recent afternoon in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax...
Latest tragedy comes as authorities in north African country crack down on undocumented people At least 29 people from sub-Saharan Africa have died while...
Egyptian antiquities officials say they have confirmed the existence of a hidden internal corridor above the main entrance of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Video...
President Saied is scapegoating his country’s small black migrant population to distract from political failings. Does this sound familiar? A little more than...
Independent media barred from building to avoid ‘disorder’, as president tightens autocratic grip Independent and foreign journalists have been barred from...
Egypt is a major regional media player. Its press is one of the most influential and widely-read in the region, and its TV and film industry supplies much of...
