Maghreb

On the crest of a wave. New Speaker of the Mauritanian Parliament Colonel Cheikh Ould Baya arrives in Nouakchott, on October 11. (Twitter)
Mauritania’s parliament elects Arab Berber as speaker
Lamine Ghanmi
Workers walk past the In Amenas gas plant south-east of Algiers. (AFP)
Iberian gas link has strategic implications for Maghreb, EU
Francis Ghiles
Tunisian lawyer Ridha Raddaoui (C-L) speaks during a news conference in Tunis, on October 2. (Tayyar Chaabi)
Tunisian lawyers release documents claiming ‘secret’ Islamist organisation
Lamine Ghanmi
UN Envoy for the Western Sahara Horst Koehler (C) leaves following a meeting with Polisario Front negotiators on the outsksirts of Tindouf, last October. (AFP)
UN chief asks Security Council to extend mandate of Western Sahara mission
Saad Guerraoui
Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz waits for a visiting leader at Nouakchott Airport, last July. (Reuters)
New measures fuel speculation about Islamist ban in Mauritania
Lamine Ghanmi
Young Moroccans gather at the harbour of the port city of Ceuta as they wait for the opportunity to board a boat for Europe. (AFP)
Morocco gets EU aid to help stem illegal migration
Saad Guerraoui
At crossroads. A man walks past posters of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Ain Ouassara, south-west of Algiers. (Reuters)
Algerian opposition changes tactics ahead of presidential elections
Lamine Ghanmi
A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Nouakchott, on September 1. (AFP)
Mauritania’s ruling party leads in elections, faces stiff competition in second round
Lamine Ghanmi
Tunisian smugglers unload barrels of oil illegally imported from Libya to Tunisia in Ben Guerdane. (AFP)
The informal sector plays an important but unrecognised role in the Maghreb
Francis Ghiles