Were Egypt's protests really the biggest in history?

pOne week ago, Egypt was led by President Mohamed Morsi, an Islamist and close ally of the Muslim Brotherhood, as perhaps millions of protesters demanded his removal. Today, after a very long and tumul...

pNIAMEY, Niger ? As the Obama administration expands its counterterrorism operations in Africa, this country is rapidly emerging as a key U.S. partner./ppPresident Mahamadou Issoufou was elected in a f...

pNIAMEY, Niger ? As the Obama administration expands its counterterrorism operations in Africa, this country is rapidly emerging as a key U.S. partner./ppPresident Mahamadou Issoufou was elected in a f...

[Moroccan American Center for Policy]Hollande remarks reflect long history of support for Morocco by US and France on Sahara issue

pThe North African country of Algeria, a former French colony that endured an awful civil war in the 1990s, doesn't make it into the English-language news as often as its neighbors. Unlike Iraq or Egyp...

p/pThe disaster in Algeria this week began when militants seized a remote, multinational gas complex in the desert and ended when the Algerian military staged a guns-blazing "rescue" attempt. Dozens of...

Azzah Fahmy, one of Egypt's best-known jewellery designers, has gained international acclaim with her products inspired by Middle Eastern history and culture.

pThis week's hostage crisis in Algeria, in which Islamist militants seized a gas complex in the Saharan desert, was in many ways a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews...

Why Algeria did not want any help dealing with hostage crisis