Sunday, May 5, 2019
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: Three notorious figures of the Bouteflika regime, men who can easily be identified as deep-state operators, who have had devastating impact on Algerian politics over the past 20 years are now in military custody. The arrest ordered by a...
Friday, May 3, 2019
MEA Risk’s Arezki Daoud reviews the major political and security highlights that took place in North Africa for the week ending 28 April 2019.
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Tripoli, May 2, 2019 (AFP) – Dozens of Libyan lawmakers supporting the internationally-recognised government on Thursday condemned an offensive by commander Khalifa Haftar on Tripoli, as they staged a meeting in the capital. The legislators have announced a...
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: There is no mystery as to who support warlord Haftar in his raids on the civilian populations of Tripoli. Using “terrorism” is an old pretext that no one is buying anymore. Egypt, Saudi Arabi and the UAE (I will call collectively...
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: As there seems to be a consensus among the stakeholders of the Malian political establishment in Bamako on the formation of a government, the terrible situation in the center and the north of the country will require more than a simple...
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Salé, Morocco, May 2, 2019 – A Moroccan court adjourned on Thursday for two weeks the trial of two dozen suspects charged in connection with the murder of two Scandinavian hikers minutes after it opened. Danish student Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, and...
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Ouagadougou, May 2, 2019 – Europe must adopt a common position to resolve the Libyan crisis, which has boosted unrest in the Sahel, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday in Burkina Faso, a country hard-hit by jihadist violence. Her visit coincided with a...
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Washington, April 30, 2019 – President Donald Trump is considering placing the Muslim Brotherhood on a US blacklist of “foreign terrorist organizations,” the White House said Tuesday. The Brotherhood, an Islamist movement with support across the...
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Espiaa, Libya, April 30, 2019 (By Simon Valmary) – Plumes of smoke rise from the plain south of Libya’s capital as troops loyal to the UN-recognised government battle to fend off an assault on Tripoli. On the roof of an abandoned clinic, a fighter surveyed...
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Algiers, April 30, 2019 – Former Algerian prime minister Ahmed Ouyahia was questioned on Tuesday in a widening investigation into alleged corruption in the inner circle of ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, state television reported. Private television...
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Rabat, April 30, 2019 – By Hamza MEKOUAR – Two dozen suspects are set to go on trial in Morocco Thursday for offences linked to the gruesome murder of two young Scandinavian hikers late last year that shocked the North African country. Danish student...
Monday, April 29, 2019
Tripoli, April 29, 2019 – Fighting took place overnight at Libya’s main oil field, the National Oil Company said on Monday without identifying the combatants. The NOC said on Twitter that it “forcefully condemns overnight clashes and an RPG...
Monday, April 29, 2019
Ankara, April 29, 2019 – A suspected Emirati spy who was detained by Turkish authorities 10 days ago has killed himself in prison, a Turkish government source and state media said on Monday. The suspect was found dead in Silivri prison, on the outskirts of...
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Paris, April 28, 2019 (AFP) – The son of an elderly French woman abducted in Mali has accused Paris of refusing to talk to her abductors, in comments published Sunday that were disputed by French authorities. Armed jihadists abducted Sophie Petronin on December...
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Macomia, Mozambique, April 28, 2019 – Soaking mattresses, bent corrugated iron sheets, some wooden chairs and two slender chickens are about all that Assane Maulana and his wife Maria Mendosa were able salvage from the wreckage of their wood and mud home. They...
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Tripoli, April 27, 2019 – An Iranian registered cargo ship was boarded and searched at Misrata port in western Libya, the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord said Saturday. The “Iranian flagged… Shahr E. Kord” is docked at the...
Friday, April 26, 2019
Rio de Janeiro, April 25, 2019 – Turkey is seeking to extradite a businessman from Brazil over his links to US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, his lawyer and officials said Thursday, in a case that has alarmed Turks living in the Latin American country. Ali...
Friday, April 26, 2019
Ankara, April 26, 2019 – Turkish police on Friday detained 115 soldiers suspected of ties to the group blamed for a 2016 coup attempt, state media reported, the latest arrests in a massive crackdown. The detentions came after the Istanbul public prosecutor...
Friday, April 26, 2019
Lagos, Nigeria, April 26, 2019 – Gunmen have abducted two Chinese nationals from a construction site in southeast Nigeria, police said Friday. The two were abducted by armed men wearing masks in Ohaozara in Ebonyi State on Thursday, police spokeswoman Loveth...
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Tripoli, April 25, 2019 – Sudanese migrants who fled fighting and turmoil in Darfur are facing war once again, caught for three weeks in the crossfire as Libyan unity government forces battle strongman Khalifa Haftar. After often brutal journeys, they have been...
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Khartoum, April 25, 2019 – Sudanese protesters began gathering for a “million-strong” march Thursday to turn up the heat on the ruling military council after three of its members resigned following talks on handing over power. The rally outside the...
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Abuja, April 25, 2019 – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will leave for Britain on Thursday on a private visit, his office said, in a statement set to revive concern about his state of health. The 76-year-old — who has previously been in London for...
