Turkey maintains pressure on Islamic State in and out of its territory

Battling on various fronts, Turkey is also facing an aggressive Islam State, which has been responsible for many terror attacks with Turkey. Over the past couple of days, the Turkish military has been increasing its anti-IS campaign both within Turkey proper and...
Morocco remains a moderate risk country, seeks to contain militant groups

Morocco remains a moderate risk country, seeks to contain militant groups

Morocco faces a moderate level of security risk, placing it as an intermediate risk country. Indeed the Kingdom faces several risk sources but it has managed, thus far, to successfully control them.  From October 25 to November 24, Morocco’s MEA Risk Index was 1.44,...
More Belt-Tightening Ahead for Algeria

More Belt-Tightening Ahead for Algeria

The North Africa Journa: October 2, 2016: Algeria continues to seek cost containment measures, with growing expectation of fuel price increases in 2017 aimed at reducing the projected budget deficit of $2.6 billion.  There is also pressure on the government to freeze...
A Status Quo Change in Libya?

A Status Quo Change in Libya?

Libya is going through a substantial transformation and that’s not without pain. There have intense negotiations over the past months, perhaps as intense as the fighting within Libya, which is struggling with so many competing militias, and competing interests...
Mortar shell attack on an Algerian gas field, no casualties

Mortar shell attack on an Algerian gas field, no casualties

According to MEA Risk sources, an insurgent group has attacked a gas field exploited by the Algerian state-owned energy company Sonatrach, Statoil and BP in the In Salah gas site of Krechba, in the Saharian province of Ghardaia. Two homemade mortar shells were fired;...
Libya: Western troops confirmed on the ground in Libya

Libya: Western troops confirmed on the ground in Libya

MEA Risk trackers are reporting that Libyan officials confirmed that a French combat squad comprised of 15 troops has been operating out of Benghazi’s Benina air base for more than 2 months, and have helped the pro-government Libyan National Army conduct 2 operations...
Egypt Jeopardizes Tourism and FDI Recovery with Disruptive Policies

Egypt Jeopardizes Tourism and FDI Recovery with Disruptive Policies

The sustained attacks by IS and other insurgents against tourist targets in Egypt have had a severe dampening effect on the broad tourism industry there and have led to a major flight of foreign investors. But MEA Risk says the actions of the authorities themselves do...
Oil prices & the impact on Sovereign Wealth Funds Libya as a case

Oil prices & the impact on Sovereign Wealth Funds Libya as a case

By Omar Khattaly: The drop in oil prices in the last 12 months has taken markets and investors by surprise. State institutions such as Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) have been affected and state budgets have suffered. SWF will grow slowly and in many cases will see some...

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