Geography of Africa

A girl thought to be aged just 12 detonated explosives she was carrying at a market in northeast Nigeria on June 23, killing 10 people and injuring dozens, a relative of one of the injured told AFP.

The blast bore all the hallmarks of Boko Haram Islamists, who have used young women and girls in the past as human bombs and regularly attacked ?soft? civilian targets such as markets.

"How was Egypt? Did you see the Pyramids?" This is the first question any visitor to the Northern African country would normally hear upon arrival at the airport of their respective hometown. Answering "no" would make friends or family members coming to welcome you at the airport frown with a question on their lips.

Turkey's Tekfen Holding has stated that its construction unit, Tekfen ?n?aat, has opened a case at the International Court of Arbitration of The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) against the Libyan Man-Made River Authority (MMRA) and the state of Libya, over its losses in the country since 2011. 

Istanbul was the 99th most expensive city for expatriates in 2015 out of 207 cities on five continents, according to an annual survey by consultancy firm Mercer. 

The city climbed 36 places from last year due to a rise in inflation rates across the country and the loss of the Turkish Lira against the U.S. dollar, according to the Mercer survey.  

A suicide bomber blew himself up in the parking lot of Karnak temple in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor on June 10, security sources and witnesses said, in an escalation of  attacks on tourist sites. 

Chefchaouen, (pronounced Shafshāwan in Arabic), in northwest Morocco is the latest exotic destination offered to Greek travelers via economic air packages by aboutickets.com, directly linking Athens with the renowned North African country.

The government of Egypt conducted its first international bond sale in five years on June 4, underlining a return of economic and political stability to the country after its Arab Spring uprising of 2011.

The 9th International Sand Sculpture Festival has opened in the southern province of Antalya's Lara beach. This year the festival was organized around the theme of the Seven Wonders of the World and mythology.

They shared mutual interests. Their passion was cooking and in particular, they favored Mediterranean cooking. They were quite obsessed with Moorish culture. They loved Spain, Morocco and the Maghreb. They truly enjoyed the sun-matured tastes of Mediterranean food, which was quite exotic to the British palate in the 1990's.

Energy consumption in the Mediterranean region will increase by 50 percent by 2040 as population and economic growth drives demand, said Sohbet Karbuz, director of hydrocarbons at the Paris-based Mediterranean Energy Observatory.