Le président du Conseil national des droits de l'homme (CNDH, officiel), Driss el Yazami, a exhorté lundi le Maroc à abolir la peine de mort. Le gouvernement, emmené par les islamistes du Parti de la justice et du développement (PJD), a jusqu'à présent refuser de prendre cette décision.

Jusqu'au vendredi 21 juin, date de l'élection présidentielle en Mauritanie, "Jeune Afrique" publie une série d'entretiens avec les principaux candidats. Le premier interviewé est Biram Dah Abeid, président de l'ONG antiesclavagiste IRA-Mauritanie. À 49 ans, après qu'on lui ait refusé la création de son parti politique, il se présente en indépendant.

Schneider Electric Maroc a décidément du mal à digérer l'absorption de sa filiale APC, devenue effective le 1er janvier 2014. Depuis deux semaines, l'entreprise vit sous le coup d'une fronde interne sans pareille.

Condamnés au premier degré à des peines allant de six mois à un an de prison, neuf militants du mouvement pro-réformes du 20-Février au Maroc ont été remis en liberté provisoire, mardi, lors d'une audience en appel.

Faute d'approvisionnement suffisant, Tripoli subit de plein fouet une pénurie d'électricité et de carburant. Depuis la chute de Kadhafi, la Libye importe la majeure partie de sa consommation d'hydrocarbures.

En Tunisie, où la collecte des ordures ménagères est très défaillante, l'été n'aura pas qu'une odeur de vacances...

Selon le "Washington Post", les forces spéciales américaines ont arrêté, le 15 juin, Ahmed Abu Khattala, l'un de principaux suspects de l'attaque de septembre 2012 contre la mission diplomatique américaine de Benghazi, dans l'est de la Libye.

Marouane Fellaini and Dries Mertens score as Belgium come from behind to beat Algeria in World Cup Group H.

A blast rips through a venue in northern Nigeria showing TV coverage of the World Cup, with casualties feared.

Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki dismisses senior officers for failing to halt an advance on key cities by Sunni Islamist rebels, a government statement says.

The suspected ringleader in the 2012 raid on a US diplomatic post in Libya that left four Americans dead has been captured, the Pentagon says.

Dimanche soir, les islamistes somaliens avaient tué au moins 49 personnes dans la localité de Mpeketoni, près de l'archipel touristique de Lamu.

Un gardien de prison et un détenu ont été tués à Bamako au cours d'une évasion organisée par un Touareg impliqué dans l'enlèvement de Serge Lazarevic et Philippe Verdon, en 2011.

Selon la presse locale, qui cite plusieurs hommes politiques, ces personnes sont soupçonnées de liens avec le groupe islamiste Boko Haram.

Après l'attaque d'un village, des miliciens auraient abattu huit membres de Boko Haram près de l'endroit où ont été enlevées les 200 jeunes filles.

Egypt?s PM Ibrahim Mahlab says the country?s government plans to work around the clock to combat corruption, ensure the return of security and build what he described as a strong state....

NAIROBI, Kenya ? The killers in the Kenyan village singled out non-Muslims, shooting them point-blank or slitting their throats, just like the previous night in an adjacent hamlet. A Somali extremist group claimed responsibility but Kenya's president on Tuesday blamed local political networks for the 60 deaths. President Uhuru Kenyatta, in a national address, said evidence indicates that the motive for the killing spree was to evict a community of people in order to grab the land along the coast near the Somali border. He said al-Shabab, a Somali group linked to al-Qaida, was not behind it. But analysts expressed doubt. Matt Bryden, the former head of the U.N. Monitoring Group on Somalia,...

The style and scale of the attacks in and around the Kenyan town of Mpeketoni have left many questions unanswered. Who carried out the violence? Why kill only men? President Uhuru Kenyatta has blamed a quot;local political networkquot;, but Somali militant Islamist group al-Shabab says it was behind the killings. However, for the moment, most Kenyans remain unclear as to who the perpetrators are. Possibility 1: Al-Shabab Al-Shabab has said it carried out the attack in order to take revenge on Kenya for the presence of its troops in Somalia, where they are battling the militants, as well as for the killing of radical clerics linked to al-Shabab in the port city of Mombasa. If the Somali...

[allAfrica]Dateline -Algeria let a second half lead slip to lose 2-1 to Belgium in their World Cup Group H opener in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday....

[This Day]Curitiba -Nigeria's desire for a good outing here at the 20th FIFA World Cup in Brazil is been threatened by a spate of injuries that is causing rancour in the Super Eagles camp....

#160; When Kenya took its anti-terror war to the doorsteps of the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab in Somalia in 2011, its mission was to cripple and wipe out the militants. The military incursion was launched after the Muslim extremists kidnapped several tourists and virtually brought tourism in Kenya, one of the country?s top foreign exchange earners, to its [#8230;]...

(Source: African Development Bank Group) The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on 13 June 2014 a loan of USD 300 million to Dangote Industries Limited for the construction and operation of a greenfield crude oil refinery and a greenfield fertilizer manufacturing plant. Both projects will produce for...

[U.S. Congress]Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) took to the House floor last night, along with his colleague Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01), to bring attention to the dire needs of the Nigerian people who are facing murders, kidnappings and human trafficking of schoolgirls and other terrorist activities at the hands of the notorious group Boko Haram....

(Source: Confédération Africaine de Football) Second-half goals from substitutes Marouane Fellaini and Dries Mertens enabled Belgium to come from behind and beat Algeria 2-1 in their Group H opener. There was as much relief as joy for Marc Wilmots#39; side at Belo Horizonte#39;s Estadio Mineirao, although they ultimately merited a win that had looked unlikely until the coach began shuffling his pack. Belgium had began the match as overwhelming favourites - considered even as dark horses for the Trophy - but it was Algeria who began...

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has blamed local political networks for the killings of dozens of people in two attacks in the coastal region that have been claimed by Somalia's Shabaab militants....

Nine activists from Morocco?s February 20 pro-reform movement jailed last month for violence against police have been granted bail at their appeals hearing, judicial sources say....

Kenya?s President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Tuesday that al Shabaab was not behind the two recent attacks on coastal towns that resulted in the deaths of 65 people, as the Somali Islamist militants claimed, instead blaming the violence on local groups....

Bomb explodes in northern...

An explosion has rocked a venue in the town of Damaturu in northeast Nigeria where fans had gathered to watch a World Cup...

An explosion has hit northern Nigeria#039;s Yobe state at a venue televising a World Cup football match, residents and security officials say. The blast hit Damaturu town at about 20:00 local...