LOOKING for some sunshine before the year is out? There are plenty of short and mid-haul holiday spots to pick from without ...

Tunisian authorities have arrested three prominent activists in recent weeks after their unjust convictions in a sham trial ...

With new flight routes, major cultural events and a wave of hotels opening across the region and beyond, plus global trends ...

Lonely Planet has highlighted Tunisia as one of its must-visit destinations for 2026, shining a spotlight on a country that blends North African culture, Mediterranean beauty and centuries of history.

The scimitar-horned oryx has been brought back from extinction through captive breeding. Conservationists hope it could help ...

The Supreme Court on Monday (November 17, 2025) allowed Sahara Group to respond to a representation made by amicus curiae, senior advocate Shekhar Naphade, that he has received “at least 34 claims” to ...

International NGOs Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have decried a sharp decline in civil liberties and a pervading “injustice” in Tunisia since President Kais Saied came to power in 2019, ...

In late October 2020, Minatu Ljatat travelled from her home in the refugee camp of Awserd in southwestern Algeria to Guerguerat in the occupied Western Sahara. The area is known to some Sahrawi ...

UIC researchers predict that the Sahara Desert could see up to 75% more rain by the end of this century due to rising global temperatures. Using 40 climate models, the team found widespread ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Almost invisibly to most Americans, Morocco has won an important victory in its ...

Morocco considers Western Sahara its territory, while the Polisario Front, backed by Algeria, seeks to establish an independent state called the Sahrawi Republic. The UN Security Council voted Friday ...

The United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution stating that genuine autonomy for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty could be the most feasible solution to Rabat’s 50-year conflict ...