La diplomatie marocaine menée par Salaheddine Mezouar entend être un des moteurs de la Cen-Sad. Objectif : contrer le rival algérien et préserver les intérêts du Maroc au Sahara ociddental.

Publiés mardi, les résultats du premier tour des législatives ont donné une très imposante avance aux partis de la majorité présidentielle qui cumulent 90 sièges sur les 121 attribués, contre 31 pour ceux de l'opposition n'ayant pas boycotté le scrutin. Même scénario pour le premier tour des municipales.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Nigerian officials on Tuesday played down the damage wreaked by Al Qaeda-linked militants in an attack the day before on an air base near the capital of Borno state.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/africa/~4/kyzGeeERxzE" height="1" width="1"/

CAIRO -- His verses spoke of the sufferings of ordinary people. And they struck a powerful chord.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/africa/~4/A-YEjggeXQU" height="1" width="1"/

[This Day]The Nigerian team at the ongoing World Junior Table Tennis Championship in Casablanca, Morocco, Monday continued its impressive run in the competition with three straight wins against host, Morocco on day two of the event. Olajide Omotayo set the tone of a bright day for the country with a three straight set win of 11-5, 11-9 and 11-8 and at about thesame time Azeez Ogunlade was having the better side of Said Sarbi with 11-3, 11-3 and 117.

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A new domestic airline, Discovery Airways, is due to commence operations in Nigeria by mid-December, according to its spokesman, Benjamin Adigun.
Economy

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Botswana leads the list of the 10 least corrupt nations in Africa while Somalia remains at the top of the continent's most corrupt, according to the Corruption Perceptions Index 2013 released Tuesday by the global anti-corruption body Transparency International.
Society

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian currency, Ouguiya, depreciated against the Euro and the CFA Franc but appreciated against the US dollar, according to Tuesday's exchange rates released by the Mauritanian Central Bank (BCM)
Economy

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The body of the manager of a private radio station (Tripoli FM) in Libya, Ridhwan al-Gharyani, was found riddled with bullets in a suburb of the Libyan capital Monday, the station said in a statement.
Society

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) ? There are 5,385 people suffering from HIV/AIDS in Libya, the Executive Director of the Libyan National Solidarity League with HIV patients, Mohamed Belhaj, has revealed.
Health

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Following an agreement, signed here Monday by the Libyan Minister of Justice, Salah al-Marghin, and the American ambassador to Libya, Deborah Jones, the US government is to assist in the training of Libyan judicial officers and in criminal investigations as well as in the resolution of matters under the rule of law.
Politics

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Ethiopia?s Prime Minister, Haile Mariam Desalegn, arrived in Khartoum on Tuesday for a meeting of the Sudan-Ethiopia Joint High Commission he co-chairs with President Omar Al-Bashir of the Sudan.
Politics

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir on Tuesday thanked his ministers for their performances as he prepares to reshuffle his cabinet in days to come.
Politics

Bamako, Mali (PANA) ? Denmark has offered about 2.6 billion FCFA to Mali to enable the West African country use the funds in the fields of administration, local government, justice, security and rural development under the National Fund for Economic and Social Stabilisation (FNSES).
Politics

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday unveiled his administration's intervention programme, specifically targeted at accelerating the pace of the socio-economic development in the North-East geo-political zone of the country.
Politics

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President, Goodluck Jonathan, is due in Germany shortly on his way to Paris, France, where he is scheduled to participate in the Summit on Peace and Security in Africa.
Politics

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? The Nigerian government has extended the deadline for the reopening of all the 65 public universities from Wednesday (Dec. 4) to Monday (Dec. 9).
Society

Algiers, Algeria (PANA) ? Three Algerian public institutions -- Sonatrach (oil), Manal (mines) and Sider (steel) -- on Monday signed a shareholding agreement for the creation of a society to exploit iron deposit found at Gara Djebilet, in Tindouf, a town in South-West Algeria.
Economy

Khartoum , Sudan (PANA) - Sudan and Ethiopia on Tuesday underscored the importance of their bilateral cooperation as Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and Ethiopian Premier Haile Mariam Desalegn are set to inaugurate an electricity grid that would supply Sudan with
Politics

New York, US (PANA) ? The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Tuesday said more than 15,000 people urgently need relief aid in south-east Niger after the Komadougou River, which most of the year was practically dried out, burst its banks and flooded communities.
Environment

Ahmed Negm, whose poems became an emblem of resistance in the 2011 revolution, has died aged 84.

Interim PM Beblawi urges all Egyptians to vote on revised constitution, calling it a "turning point" for the country.

Capitale stato Borno è roccaforte terroristi islamici

Bozza prevede ruolo militari e divieto partiti religiosi

Si la situation des droits de l'homme dans les provinces du sud n'est pas parfaite, le Maroc s'est largement donné les moyens de l'améliorer, plaide, loin de toute polémique, Driss El Yazami. Un ancien militant "passé de Mao à M6". Interview.

Hopscotch Système Africa publie son premier baromètre digital des entreprises d’Afrique francophone. Si l'Afrique du Nord domine, la présence sur le web des grands marques africaines reste très très timide...

Samedi 30 novembre, le CS Sfax a remporté la Coupe de la Confédération face au TP Mazembe, malgré une défaite à Lubumbashi (1-2, 2-0 à l’aller). Et dans la foulée, l’entraîneur néerlandais (65 ans) a présenté sa démission. Il explique pourquoi à Jeune Afrique.

The Muslim Brotherhood rejects Egypt's new draft constitution, saying "coupists" distorted the 2012 charter approved under ousted President Morsi.

Boko Haram insurgents attack a military airbase in north-eastern Nigeria, the authorities say, prompting them to impose a 24-hour curfew.