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

[Fahamu]The book gives a credible history and analysis of the ways in which the Sahrawis, from Spanish colonial times to the present, have come to see themselves and have coped with the often-wrenching...

pBAMAKO, Mali ? Khaira Arby, one of Africa?s most celebrated musicians, has performed all over the world, but there is one place she cannot visit: her native city of Timbuktu, a place steeped in histor...

p/pCAIRO Egyptians said they have hardly paid attention to this U.S. election. Most said they have bigger domestic concerns to focus on -- such as a tanking economy, and an ongoing struggle between the...

[Vanguard]Never in the history of African football had the struggle for the coveted prize, the CAF Champions League diadem been so orchestrated as the 2012 edition.

CAIRO ? The initial round of Egypt?s first free presidential election in modern history has delivered a stark choice for next month?s runoff: a conservative Islamist vs. a former air force commander w...