NORTH AFRICA Definition & Meaning

North Africa

[ nawrth af-ri-kuh ]

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noun

the northern part of Africa, especially the region north of the tropical rainforest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez.

North Africa

noun

the part of Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara: consists chiefly of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and N Egypt

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Other �y��vlog Forms

North Af·rican adjective noun

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of North Africa¹

First recorded in 1840–45

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Their arrests followed a BBC podcast and documentary in 2023 that revealed they were behind a highly organised operation scouting young men for sex across the US, Europe and North Africa.

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While he has always been a singer, at 18 he was stationed in North Africa between 1950 and 1952 as an RAF medic.

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North Africa is one stop among many for these migratory birds, which are also spotted in Europe, West Africa and Asia.

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Tareq and Safaa are among the 30 million children who, according to the United Nations children's agency Unicef, are out of school in the Middle East and North Africa.

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"We assess that IS-Somalia is 80% or more foreign fighters, mostly from North Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania and the Middle East, in that order," says Mr Mubarak.

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