2021 in North Africa

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

Countries and territories

Algeria

• Chief of state and head of government: President: Abdelmadjid Tebboune (since 2019)[1]

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

• Chief of state: Chairman of the Presidential Council and Prime Minister
  • Fayez al-Sarraj (until February 5)[3]
  • Abdullah al-Thani (until 5 February)
  • Abdul Hamid Dbeibah (interim, starting 5 February)[4]
  • Abdul Hamid Dbeibah (interim, starting 5 February)[5]

Morocco

• Chief of state: Mohammed VI of Morocco (since 1999)[6]
• Head of government: President of the Government: Saadeddine Othmani (since 2017)[6]

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

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

• President: Brahim Ghali (since 2016)[9]
• Prime Minister: Mohamed Wali Akeik (since 2018)

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

Spain

• Monarch: Felipe VI (since 2014)
• Prime Minister: Pedro Sánchez (since 2018)

Canary Islands

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

• President of the Canary Islands: Ángel Víctor Torres

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.

• Mayor-President of Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas
• Mayor-President of Melilla: Eduardo de Castro

Sudan

• Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (since 2019)[11]
• Prime Minister: Abdalla Hamdok (since 2019)[11]

Tunisia

• Chief of state: President: Kais Saied (since 2019)[12]
• Head of government:
• Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi (since 2020)
• President of the Assembly of the Representatives by the People: Rached Ghannouchi (since 2019)

Monthly events

January and February

• January 1 – The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) officially begins.[13]
• January 3
  • Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia agree to hold further talks this month to resolve their dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile.[14]
  • Two hundred sixty-five migrants, mostly from Eritrea, are rescued in the Mediterranean Sea.[15]
• 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]

Scheduled and programmed events

Elections

• June 23 – 2021 Moroccan general election

Sports

• July – Morocco is scheduled to host the 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.[20]
• 2021 UCI Africa Tour

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• African Union
• Arab League
• 2021 in East Africa
• 2021 in Middle Africa
• 2021 in Southern Africa
• 2021 in West Africa
• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie

References

1. CIA Factbook: Algeria CIA 2020, Retrieved 30 March 2020
2. 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. CIA Factbook: Morocco retrieved 30 March 2020
7. "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Recognition, Population, & History". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
8. "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. 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. "Decisions of CAF Executive Meeting – 30 June 2020". CAFOnline.com. CAF News. June 30, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2021.

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