Egypt’s Red Lines in the Horn of Africa Are Becoming Explicit
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Libya’s Path to Stability: Still Blocked by Fragmentation and Armed Rivalries
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Sahel: Surging Jihadist Violence Batters the Sahel, Exposing Government Weakness
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Why Morocco’s Protests Aren’t Just About Youth: The Fight for Dignity and Justice
Transcript Morocco is once again at the center of deep civil unrest, drawing international attention—not least from Canada, which, as of October 3, issued a sharply elevated travel advisory warning against nonessential visits due to escalating violence and...
Drought Disrupts Wheat Sector in Morocco, Uncertainty with French and Russian Supplies
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How to MEGA or ‘Make Europe Great Again’
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Africa’s Defense Shifting from Western to Russian Influence
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Libya’s Abnormal New Normal
By Arezki Daoud: Since 2011, Libya has been engulfed in a bloody civil war after the death of Muammar Gaddafi. Over the years, it was easy to identify the problem: too many foreign regional players and global powers meddling in Libya’s affairs, explicitly or...
Libya: The king is dead, long live the king
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: Pardon me if I am not convinced that Libya’s eastern leaders have any interest in the rule of law and in the well-being of their people. We’ve seen this scenario many times in history and in the modern era, it usually does not end...
Mali: Ethnic Tuaregs brace for attacks from army and Russian mercenaries ($)
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Tunisia and EU negotiate anti-migration strategy ($)
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Podcast: Sahel collapsing with the Jihadists, Russia and France in bitter fight over control ($)
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Maghreb competition: The ridiculous debate over who should claim ownership of the Haiek veil
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: Competition between the regimes of Algeria and Morocco has gone mainstream. Now Algerians and Moroccans are battling each other over the silliest things, from who presumably owns specific foods to who should claim ownership of specific arts...
Podcast: Burkina Faso’s security environment to worsen as Jihadi attacks likely to intensify ($)
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Tunisia releases former presidential candidate Karoui after half year in detention
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Unable to govern, North African governments are using repression as their only tool in their toolbox
This week (ending 21 January 2021), Tunisia made the front pages of global media with Tunisians clashing with security forces over the past days to complain about their living conditions. The riots, which are still underway, have been taking place in several regions,...
Western Sahara: How Trump’s madness could undermine Morocco’s claim over the Western Sahara
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Pressure mounts in Algeria as calls for resumption of anti-regime protest intensify
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Opinion: Morocco and Algeria wasting their money on useless military hardware
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Editorial: 2020, the exceptional year
Editorial 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 plague epidemic in Madagascar, and...
North Africa coronavirus: 12 March 2020 update
Listen 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 building can be attributed to the hype...
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...
Algeria: Death of a tyrant and a country facing uncertainty
Opinion by Arezki Daoud | Even Hollywood could not have come up with such a dramatic script. The head of the Algeria military junta is dead after 15 years as Defense Chief of Staff and nearly a year as the country’s undeclared, but real dictator. Over the past...
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...
Algeria: Pitiful diplomacy in full display: when European ambassadors meet a rogue presidential candidate
Version française By Arezki Daoud – Editorial for 4 December 2019: It’s no secret that one of the top jobs of an ambassador is to get to know the key political stakeholders in the country where they are assigned. So for Germany, the UK, Belgium, Holland,...
Algeria: complete political and economic freeze, regime has no creative ideas to get out of the chaos
Opinion by Arezki Daoud | June 4, 2019: The man in charge by default in Algeria, army chief General Gaid Salah, gave an upbeat speech on 28 May, inviting the protest movement to negotiate a way out of the crisis. Days later, the constitutional court canceled the 4...