2021 in North Africa

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The following lists events that happened during 2021 in North Africa.

Countries and territories[]

Algeria[]

Main article: 2021 in Algeria

Algeria

Egypt[]

Main article: 2021 in Egypt

Egypt

  • Chief of state: President of Egypt: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (since 2014)[2]
  • Head of government: Prime Minister of Egypt: Moustafa Madbouly (since 2018)[2]

Libya[]

Main article: 2021 in Libya

Libya

Morocco[]

Main article: 2021 in Morocco

Morocco

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[]

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is a self-proclaimed state recognized by about 80 countries and the African Union.[7][8]

Morocco claims and controls 80% of Western Sahara.[8]

Spain[]

Main article: 2021 in Spain

Spain

Canary Islands[]

Main article: 2021 in the Canary Islands

Canary Islands The Canary Islands is an Autonomous community of Spain.[10]

Cueta and Melilla[]

The Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla and the islands of Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera and the Plazas de soberanía are disputed by Morocco.

Sudan[]

Main article: 2021 in Sudan

Sudan

Tunisia[]

Main article: 2021 in Tunisia

Tunisia

Monthly events[]

January and February[]

  • January 1 – The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) officially begins.[13]
  • January 3
  • January 5 – Four migrants die in a boat headed for Tenerife, Canary Islands. 23,000 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands in 2020, and some 500 died.[16]
  • January 19 – Eighty-seven migrants scale the Melilla border fence; nine are taken to hospital.[17]
  • January 20 – 2021 Tunisian protests enter their fifth day.[18]
  • February 5
    • Abdul Hamid Dbeibah is chosen as transitional unity prime minister of Libya.[19]
    • Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi says he supports the transitional government of Libya.[20]
  • February 7 – DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi, new chair of the African Union, says he intends to make settlement of the dispute over Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam a priority.[21]
  • February 10 – The government of Sudan swears in a new Cabinet including Gibril Ibrahim as finance minister and ministers from the Sudan Revolutionary Front.[22][23]
  • February 18 – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah meet in Cairo.[24]
  • February 24 – Egypt endorses Sudan′s proposal to internationalize the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam controversy, calling for the participation of the African Union, the United Nations, the European Union, and the United States.[25]

March and April[]

  • March 6 – Egyptian president El-Sissi meets with Sudanese general Al-Burhan in Khartoum.[26]
  • March 26 – A stranded container vessel in the Suez Canal is holding up an estimated USD $400 million an hour in trade, according to shipping data from Lloyd’s List.[27] It may take weeks to dislodge the 224,000-ton Ever Green.[28]
  • March 28

Scheduled and programmed events[]

Elections[]

See also: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics

Holidays[]

Culture[]

Sports[]

Deaths[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ CIA Factbook: Algeria CIA 2020, Retrieved 30 March 2020
  2. ^ a b CIA Factbook: Egypt retrieved 30 March 2020
  3. ^ CIA Factbook: Libya retrieved 30 March 2020
  4. ^ "Surprise as Dbeibah elected Libyan transitional PM". Times of Malta. February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "Surprise as Dbeibah elected Libyan transitional PM". Times of Malta. February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  6. ^ a b CIA Factbook: Morocco retrieved 30 March 2020
  7. ^ "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Recognition, Population, & History". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "What is Western Sahara and why does Morocco claim sovereignty over it?". Middle East Eye. December 10, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  9. ^ "Western Sahara Profile". BBC News. May 14, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  10. ^ "Canary Islands | Geography, Facts, & History". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  11. ^ a b CIA Factbook: Sudan retrieved 30 March 2020
  12. ^ CIA Factbook: Tunisia retrieved 30 March 2020
  13. ^ "After months of COVID delays, African free trade bloc launches". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  14. ^ "Nile dam dispute: Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia agree to hold more talks". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  15. ^ "Spanish-flagged boat rescues 265 migrants in Mediterranean". news.yahoo.com. Yahoo News. AP. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  16. ^ GILES, CIARÁN (January 5, 2021). "4 die as migrant boat reaches Spain's Canary Islands". news.yahoo.com. Yahoo News. AP. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  17. ^ "Migrants scale border fences to enter Spanish enclave". ABC News. AP. January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  18. ^ "Outreach by Tunisian leaders fails to quell youth unrest". AP NEWS. 20 January 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  19. ^ "Surprise as Dbeibah elected Libyan transitional PM". Times of Malta. February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  20. ^ "Egypt's president says he supports interim Libya government". AP NEWS. 7 February 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  21. ^ "New AU chair Tshisekedi seeks end to Ethiopia dam dispute". news.yahoo.com. AFP. February 7, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  22. ^ "Sudan's prime minister names new cabinet". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  23. ^ "Sudan's new Cabinet sworn in amid protests over dire economy". AP NEWS. 10 February 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  24. ^ ELHENNAWY, NOHA (February 18, 2021). "Libya's new interim leader meets with Egyptian president". news.yahoo.com. AP. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  25. ^ MAGDY, SAMY (February 24, 2021). "Egypt backs call to internationalize Ethiopia dam dispute". news.yahoo.com. AP. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  26. ^ "Egypt's president el-Sissi visits Sudan amid rapprochement". news.yahoo.com. AP. March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  27. ^ "Suez Canal blockage is delaying an estimated $400 million an hour in goods". NBC News. March 26, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  28. ^ Salem, Mostafa; Samaan, Magdy; Boykoff, Pamela; Krever, Mick (March 26, 2021). "Dislodging the huge ship blocking the Suez Canal could take 'days to weeks,' as the traffic jam builds". CNN. Reuters. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  29. ^ Bowden, John (28 March 2021). "Egyptian leader gives last-resort order to dislodge ship from Suez Canal". TheHill. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  30. ^ DEBRE, ISABEL; MAGDY, SAMY (March 28, 2021). "Giant container ship that blocked Suez Canal set free". news.yahoo.com. AP. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  31. ^ "Decisions of CAF Executive Meeting – 30 June 2020". CAFOnline.com. CAF News. June 30, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
  32. ^ Former Egyptian PM Kamal al-Ganzouri dies aged 88

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