Full Coverage: North Africa

29.08.2007 A beautiful photo essay speaks to the importance of education, both as an enjoyable sanctuary for children in crisis situations and as a means to end the cycles of violence and poverty that engulf their lives.

29.08.2007 Algeria and the United States have ratified a second agreement which is extending over the next five years, to cooperate in science and technology.

24.08.2007 New photo evidence shows that the Sudanese government is continuing to deploy offensive military equipment in Darfur, despite the UN arms embargo and peace agreements, according to Amnesty International.

21.08.2007 Chicago Bulls star Luol Deng is back in Britain to try and help his adopted country win a place in the 2012 London Olympics - and support the UN refugee agency's campaign to open up sports and education opportunities for millions of young refugees around the world.

19.08.2007 COPENHAGEN, Aug 18 (OneWorld) - Though China would like to be seen at the next Olympics as a major world power that stands for international peace, an Olympic-style torch relay that began in Africa this week is painting a different picture of the giant Asian nation.

15.08.2007 Despite Libya's recent promise to abolish the death penalty, 12 men have been arrested for planning a peaceful demonstration and may now face the death sentence.
From: Human Rights Watch

14.08.2007 Actress Mia Farrow and fellow campaigners have begun an Olympic-style torch relay through countries that have suffered genocide to press China to help end abuses in the Darfur region of its oil trading partner, Sudan.
From: Canada.com

14.08.2007 WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (OneWorld) - The UN's recent decision to deploy a hybrid UN-African Union peacekeeping force to the war-torn region of Darfur, Sudan comes amid concerns that military might alone may not adequately address the fundamental causes of the conflict.

13.08.2007 According to the 2007 report of the International Telecommunications' Union (ITU) related to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) which was released recently, Tunisia achieved a considerable progress in the field of information technologies.

09.08.2007 A human rights group is demanding Egypt investigate the alleged murders of three Sudanese migrants who were attempting to cross the Egypt-Israel border. This incident, purportedly perpetrated by Egyptian border guards, has not been acknowledged by the Egyptian government.
From: Human Rights Watch

08.08.2007 More action is needed to protect civilians in the western Sudanese region of Darfur, who continue to suffer serious human rights violations in the ongoing conflict.

05.08.2007 Could the discovery of a huge underground aquifer in Darfur help quell the vicious conflict in one of the world's most arid regions? Michael Renner looks at the complicated political, cultural, and environmental causes of the conflict.

03.08.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Aug 3 (OneWorld) - Groups involved in worldwide humanitarian efforts welcomed the UN Security Council decision this week to send a hybrid force to Darfur, but demanded it send its peacekeepers to the war-torn region immediately.

03.08.2007 "Remember and never forget" was the virtue Israel was founded on, but as the Israeli government puts Sudanese refugees in detention camps, many Israeli bloggers are wondering if their country has already forgotten the apathy its founding fathers faced when fleeing the Nazi regime.

02.08.2007 Khartoum must be held to its commitments, the United States must show leadership, and the process of deploying the world's largest peacekeeping mission -- to Darfur, Sudan -- must begin immediately, said Africa Action Wednesday.