In late May, North African media reported an unexpected announcement from Tunisian President Kais Saied. Saied's proposal for a new Secretary-General…

France’s snap elections today (June 30) will be a crucial test of the nation’s politics, pitting the far right against the far left in a contest that…

Oil and gas discoveries in Mauritania are transforming a forgotten state in the northwest of Africa into a regional player attracting the attention…

Saudi Arabia and Morocco are forging deeper economic ties after agreeing a multi-billion dollar cooperation pact in some key industrial areas.It is…

There is much debate about who invented the first electric car. In the early 1800s, innovators in Hungary, the Netherlands and the United States…

Bad news is continuing to land at Boeing, as one of the best-known names in corporate America and world aviation faces a crisis that has the…

In the not-too-distant past, relations between France and Morocco were stiff. In September last year, Morocco’s King Mohammed VI chose not to accept…

As an inorganic chemical compound, phosphate does not set the pulse racing under a microscope. Scientifically understood, it is neither new nor rare…

After a string of military coups in the African Sahel, Western powers have been withdrawing their presence at a rate of knots. This has left the door…

Site of the world’s biggest camel and jewellery markets, Mauritania is also said to be home to a million poets, its vast landscapes acting as muse…