MAKKAH — Hidden away in its peaceful and welcoming lobby, guests will find another good reason to visit Mövenpick Hotel Makkah: a place where they can sip traditional Moroccan tea and sample pastries that fuse classic Moroccan traditions with Arabic (...)
TRIPOLI — Transport of natural gas from Libya to Italy through a major pipeline in the country's west was halted Sunday after clashes between tribesmen and forces guarding the natural gas complex, a security official said.
The unrest was just the (...)
TRIPOLI — A number of local councils in Amazigh (Berber) areas of the country have called on the General National Congress to make Jan. 13 a national holiday. The date marks the start of the Amazigh New Year.
The Amazigh calendar, which is solar, is (...)
Former president Nicolas Sarkozy while admitting French wrongdoing during the Algerian war of independence refused to apologize. More was expected of his successor François Hollande on his visit to Algeria this week. However, he too, while accepting (...)
ALGIERS — Algeria's ruling party is eyeing a landslide victory in local elections Thursday, with numerous opposition groups warning of fraud in a poll that could struggle to mobilize a disaffected electorate.
Many of the 52 parties and lists (...)
ALGIERS – Weary from years of kidnappings, the inhabitants of Algeria's rugged Kayblie mountains are finally turning against the Al-Qaeda fighters in their midst and helping security forces hunt them down. And that turnaround is giving Algeria its (...)
Desert safari driver Ahmed Bakrin building a small bonfire to make mint tea before sunset during a trek through the Great Sand Sea outside the Egyptian oasis of Siwa, a Berber town of some 27,000 people roughly 725 kilometers southwest of Cairo. The (...)
