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Apr. 11, 2024, 4:08 AM ET (MSN)
UK 'to help crack down' on people traffickers in North Africa
Apr. 4, 2024, 11:31 PM ET (PBS)
Michigan lawmakers are considering a state-level MENA category. Here’s what that would mean
Apr. 2, 2024, 9:17 AM ET (MSN)
Nato eyes expansion of missions in the Middle East and North Africa
Apr. 1, 2024, 8:44 AM ET (NBC)
'We exist': New Middle Eastern or North African census category helps community members feel seen
Mar. 28, 2024, 3:35 PM ET (AP)
US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. It's the first revision in 27 years
North Africa, region of Africa comprising the modern countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. The geographic entity North Africa has no single accepted definition. It has been regarded by some as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Morocco in the west to the Suez Canal and the Red Sea in the east, though this designation is more commonly referred to as northern Africa. Others have limited it to the countries of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, a region known by the French during colonial times as Afrique du Nord and by the Arabs as the Maghrib (“West”). The most commonly ...(100 of 23172 words)