Editorial: 2020, the exceptional year

Editorial: 2020, the exceptional year

1154 issue: week ending 19 Mar. 2020Editorial by Arezki Daoud: It’s official, Covid-19 is now North Africa’s biggest problem, just as it is for the entire world. In recent times, we have heard of, but from afar, diseases such as the Ebola virus in West Africa, the...
North Africa coronavirus:  12 March 2020 update

North Africa coronavirus: 12 March 2020 update

1154 issue: week ending 19 Mar. 2020Listen to the audio podcast above By Arezki Daoud: It is not total panic mode yet, but there is a feeling that the situation is bubbling up a bit more every day and could get out of control. Most of the pressure that has been...
Libya: Despite calls for ceasefire, Haftar continues to attack Tripoli

Libya: Despite calls for ceasefire, Haftar continues to attack Tripoli

There is little to no hope that warlord Khalifa Haftar and his supporters will listen to calls for reason and endorse a ceasefire.  The UN Security Council called Tuesday on the warring parties in Libya to quickly reach a ceasefire. AFP quotes the security council as...
Algerie: La chute de la diplomatie européenne en plein jour

Algerie: La chute de la diplomatie européenne en plein jour

English version Par Arezki Daoud – 4 December 2019:  Ce n’est un secret pour personne que l’une des tâches primordiales d’un l’ambassadeur consiste à connaître les principaux acteurs politiques du pays où ils se trouve. Ainsi, pour l’Allemagne, le...

Opinion: Turbulent times in North Africa and Sahel

By Arezki Daoud: 22 February 2019 – North Africa remains confronted with so many sources of instability, while the Sahel has virtually collapsed. Egypt continuous on its downward spiral of government abuse. Authorities have been hanging people over the past two...
Algeria: A presidential election without one single candidate

Algeria: A presidential election without one single candidate

The North Africa Journal – By Arezki Daoud – 18 January 2019: This is the kind of stuff you only see in the Guinness Book of World Records. A country that has a presidential election in three months and yet, no single candidate came forward. Not that the...
North Africa & the Sahel: A tough start for the new year

North Africa & the Sahel: A tough start for the new year

17 January 2019 – By Arezki Daoud – The hope for some stabilization this year in North Africa and the Sahel appears to have faded away with the events in the region that greeted 2019. As the populations confront winter, they also confront one or many...

From the Editor

Luxembourg Prime Minister is right: Arab and European leaders believe in “Father Christmas” by The North Africa Journal | Feb 25, 2019 Opinion by Arezki Daoud - 25 February 2019:  Leaders and representatives of some 40 Arab and European countries met in...
Libya: No hope for stability anytime soon

Libya: No hope for stability anytime soon

The North Africa Journal – February 21, 2018:  No one seems to know what to do with Libya these days. French President Emmanuel Macron at least had the courage to say that the military intervention in Libya under President Nicolas Sarkozy, was a “serious...

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