North Africa United

Editorial

The Main Message

Democracy is having a difficult birth all over North Africa, facing new elections and the creation of new constitutions in the middle of a global economic downturn. Egypt has its  presidential...

Algeria is our Spring.

Algeria is the only country in the Maghreb whose political system has remained in place during the Arab Spring and whose government does not have a majority islamic party in power. On 10 May the...

Stepping Back from the Brink.

Last week saw jewish children being shot without pity by a Frenchman of Algerian origin, Mohamed Merah. President Sarkozy likened the effect on France as being akin to 9/11 in America, perhaps an...

Democracy needs order to Survive.

On Tuesday 20 March, Tunisia's Independence day President Moncef Marzouki finally reacted to weeks of tension between salafists trying to impose adherence to strict islamic codes on the majortity...

The Challenge of Transition

The euphoria of successful revolutions and anniversary celebrations is giving way to harsh economic realities. It is right to rejoice at liberation and a move to greater democracy but it needs...

Higher Education - the future of North Africa

All North African countries face a great challenge:how to find employment for their graduates and young people in an economic recession where unemployment is a global phenomenum? Through the Arab...

The Maghreb Arab Union - The Hope for the Future.

President Moncef Marzouki begins a tour of his Maghreb neighbours on Wednesday beginning with three days in Morocco,then going on to Mauritania and Algeria.He will also continue his discussions with...

The Challenges Ahead

Following the euphoria of election victories in North Africa, the hard work of the political process begins for the moderate islamic parties who have either come to power as a government, or will do...

A Happy New Year to all our readers from North Africa United

2011 was a landmark year with the Arab Spring bursting forth from the sacrifice of a lone vegetable seller Mohamed Bouazizi who struck a chord like no other with the young and oppressed in the Arab...

Christmas Greetings

North Africa United wishes all its Christian readers worldwide a Very  Happy Christmas .

North Africa United

North Africa United  welcomes our readers at an historic moment. Tunisia has voted and Morocco  comes to vote just before the scheduled date for Egypt. We come together in peace to sieze...