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Latin America to Outpace Most Emerging Regions in Earnings Growth, Goldman Sachs Projects

The region is projected to post earnings-per-share growth of 8.4% annually ahead of Southeast Asia, China, emerging Europe and the Middle East and North Africa

Latin Times

'Telling stories differently’: Tunisian cinema shines at Franco-Arab Film Festival

Tunisia took centre stage at this year's Franco-Arab Film Festival in the Parisian suburb of Noisy-le-Sec, which showcases narrative film and documentaries from North Africa and the Middle East.

Radio France Internationale

Two years on from EU deal, violence against migrants in Tunisia remains rife

Tunisia’s migration policy is under scrutiny two years on from a deal with the European Union intended to discourage illegal migration from the North African country, and from a "replacement theory" speech the same year by President Kais Saied on the "dangers" of black migration. A recent Amnesty International report…

Radio France Internationale

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Voices from the sea, part four: when dreams reach land, what’s next?

This is the final part of our series drawing on a year of research conducted on board the Ocean Viking, the civilian search-and-rescue ship operated in the central Mediterranean by the NGO SOS Méditerranée. It explores the perspectives of exiled people based on testimonies from 110 survivors who were picked…

The Conversation

Voices from the sea, part two: using maps and drawings, survivors share the dangers they faced on their journeys to reach the ship

This series of articles draws on a year of research conducted on board the Ocean Viking, the civilian search-and-rescue ship operated in the central Mediterranean by the NGO SOS Méditerranée. It explores the perspectives of exiled people based on testimonies from 110 survivors who were picked up while attempting the…

The Conversation

Voices from the sea, part three: how do exiled people experience their moment of rescue?

This is the third part of our series drawing on a year of research conducted on board the Ocean Viking, the civilian search-and-rescue ship operated in the central Mediterranean by the NGO SOS Méditerranée. It explores the perspectives of exiled people based on testimonies from 110 survivors who were picked…

The Conversation

"The place was full of chickens, pigs and goats. The whole thing was fascinating": How an acid-tinged account of a North African adventure became the sound of the counterculture

With 60s pop music going psychedelic, Morocco's hippie trail inspired a song that took three years to come to fruition

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DZ Fest brings Algerian culture centre stage in the UK

With more than two million Algerians and people of Algerian heritage living in France – the country’s former colonial power in North Africa – a smaller community of roughly 35,000 has made its home in the United Kingdom. In 2022, Rachida Lamri founded the DZ Fest, a cultural festival designed…

Radio France Internationale

Eclipse experts' best travel tips for the total solar eclipse 2027

Find expert weather insights and travel advice in this essential guide to the 2027 total solar eclipse in Spain, Egypt and North Africa.

Space

Greece’s Crete sees surge in boat arrivals despite harsher detention policy

Greece has suspended processing of asylum applications from people arriving by sea from North Africa since July.

Al Jazeera

Hundreds of migrants reach Greek island of Crete amid rising smuggling

Greek Coast Guard rescued 74 migrants on Crete, part of hundreds of arrivals over the weekend, as traffickers shift to longer Mediterranean routes from North Africa.

Euronews

Greece passes North Africa asylum ban amid rights groups' opposition

Greek lawmakers voted on Friday to temporarily stop processing asylum requests from migrants arriving from North Africa by sea in a bid to reduce arrivals into Europe's southernmost tip, a move rights groups and opposition parties have called illegal.

Radio France Internationale

EU’s ‘reluctance’ to act over Israel criticised by 27 former ambassadors

The letter, signed by 27 former EU ambassadors to the Middle East and North Africa, calls on the EU to suspend its trade agreement with Israel over military actions in Gaza, illegal occupation of the West Bank, and human rights abuses against Palestinians.

Euronews

Africa’s plants: a database project has recorded 65,000 species – and is still growing

The African Plant Database lists 65,000 species of flowering plants, ferns and conifers found on the African continent and Madagascar. Since 2006, every plant species ever documented in Africa and Madagascar has been included in the massive online database, with about 200 new species added every year. Cyrille Chatelain is…

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Euronews

Hundreds of migrants moved from Crete to Greek mainland as arrivals from Libya surge

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Wednesday that Greece would suspend asylum processing for migrants arriving by sea from North Africa for three months.

International Business Times

Greece To Halt Asylum Hearings For Migrants On Boats From Africa

Greece will suspend all asylum hearings for migrants arriving on boats from North Africa for three months, the prime minister said Wednesday following a rise in migrant arrivals from Libya.

Al Jazeera

Greece halts migrant asylum processing from North Africa

The government’s three-month ban on processing asylum applications draws criticism from human rights groups.

Euronews

Greece suspends asylum claims for migrants arriving by sea from North Africa, PM Mitsotakis says

Greece continues to be a key entry point to the EU for people escaping conflict and hardship in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

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Doing business in conflict zones: what companies can learn from Lafarge’s exit from Syria

The world experienced over 60 armed conflicts in 2024, a “historically high” number according to scholars in the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. Consequently, the risks faced by multinational companies (MNCs) operating in conflict-torn regions, especially the Middle East and North Africa, have significantly intensified. Israel’s…

The Independent UK

Scottish troops set for relocation with high-readiness posting in Cyprus

From their base in Dhekelia, 4 SCOTS will be poised to respond at short notice to emerging situations in the Middle East and North Africa.

International Business Times

Dying Breed: Tunisian Dog Lovers Push To Save Age-old Desert Hound

Nemcha, Zina and Zouina, three North African Sloughi hounds, play on the beach in Tunisia where their ancestors have long roamed desert plains, seemingly unaware of the existential threat to their dwindling breed.

Radio France Internationale

Marseille museum showcases rich history of Mediterranean tattooing

The exhibition "Tattoo. Histories of the Mediterranean", held at the Vieille Charité museum in Marseille’s historic Panier district, invites visitors on a journey through the art and tradition of tattooing – from antiquity to the present day. Highlighting Marseille’s deep-rooted connection to tattoo culture, the exhibition also shows the rich…

The Independent UK

‘Brilliant role model’ and veteran ‘never imagined’ being honoured at 106

Norman Irwin served in North Africa in the Second World War and later set up a number of clubs in his home town of Coleraine.

The Independent UK

A convoy sets off for Gaza from North Africa to protest Israel's blockade

Pro-Palestinian activists in North Africa are rallying around a convoy heading overland toward Gaza

The Independent UK

Drought, rising prices and dwindling herds undercut this year's Eid al-Adha in North Africa

North Africa’s historic drought has upended many families’ plans for Eid al-Adha

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