Monday, November 19, 2018
The North Africa Journal – November 19, 2018: Algeria is having some diplomatic kerfuffle with France and Switzerland these days. With the French, the feud is about new limitations in issuing Schengen visas to Algerian members of parliament. With the Swiss,...
Monday, November 19, 2018
The North Africa Journal – November 19, 2018: In an article posted on November 4, 2018, the Washington Post reported the “the government of Morocco recently said it had extradited Prince Turki bin Bandar to Saudi Arabia to comply with an Interpol warrant. But...
Thursday, November 15, 2018
The North Africa Journal | Nov 15, 2018: [Photo: Gen. Haftar gets rock star reception] — By organizing the Palermo conference, Italy sought to take the lead over France in proposing new steps to solve the Libyan crisis. The rivalry of France and Italy on the...
Thursday, November 8, 2018
The North Africa Journal – 8 November 2018: MEA Risk LLC says that for the period of 1 to 7 November 2018, there were 53 critical incidents recorded in Algeria, resulting in a single death and 392 arrests. The share of the Criminality category in the week’s...
Thursday, November 8, 2018
The North Africa Journal – Nov 8, 2018: Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed announced on Monday evening a long-awaited ministerial reshuffle that the President of the Republic did not approve, magnifying the political crisis that has prevented the speedy...
Thursday, November 8, 2018
The North Africa Journal – Nov 8, 2018: The fate of the contested Western Sahara territory and a regional leadership context continue to poison relations between Algeria and Morocco, two countries that have substantial similarities and massive interests in...
Thursday, October 18, 2018
The North Africa Journal: 18 October 2018 – North African governments appear to have zero tolerance toward criticism. Their leaders say they are committed to the advancement of personal freedoms and free speech, but their actions beg the opposite. Egypt may be...
Thursday, October 18, 2018
The North Africa Journal: 18 October 2018: The Algerian political system has been mired in internal divisions and weak stakeholders, keeping the presidency the only effective political unit in the country. With the opposition virtually non-existent, Algeria is headed...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
The North Africa Journal – 14 October 2018 – Security analyst firm MEA Risk LLC says that for the period of 8 to 14 October 2018, there were 41 critical incidents in Nigeria, resulting in at least 124 deaths and 113 arrests. Both the Social/Human and...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
The North Africa Journal: 15 October 2018: MEA Risk reports that the Mozambican Liberation Front (Frelimo) has won Mozambique’s municipal elections in 44 of the country’s 53 municipalities, according to official figures released on 14 October. Elections took place on...
Thursday, October 4, 2018
The North Africa Journal – 3 October 2018: The United States could impose sanctions against Algeria for purchasing Russian military equipment. In its effort to punish Moscow for its alleged interference in the 2016 elections and its “unacceptable”...
Thursday, September 20, 2018
The North Africa Journal – September 20, 2018: There appears to be an uptick in entry of foreign migrants into Europe over the past months. Although there has been a sizeable decrease of global entries since 2015, the European Coast Guard agency Frontex noticed...
Thursday, August 23, 2018
The North Africa Journal -By Hakim Briki – August 23, 2018: President Bouteflika has ordered an important military reshuffle, which might redefine the role of the armed forces in Algerian politic. Major Generals Habib Chentouf and Said El Bey, respectively the...
Thursday, August 16, 2018
The North Africa Journal – August 16, 2018 – By Hakim Briki: Mouwatana, a movement created in June 2018 to dissuade President Bouteflika from running for reelection, has denounced the “early presidential campaign” launched by majority parties....
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
The North Africa Journal – August 8, 2018: For the period of 1 July to 7 August 2018, there were 64 critical incidents affecting Libya’s stability rating, according to risk and tracking firm MEA Risk. Those incidents resulted in at least 18 deaths and 1,004...
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
The North Africa Journal – August 7, 2018: Last week, Mohammed Ali Ndume, the Senator representing Borno South in the Nigerian Senate and a member of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), insisted that his party still maintained the majority position in...
Friday, June 8, 2018
The North Africa Journal – June 8, 2018: For several weeks now, a call to boycott three major brands in the Moroccan market is beginning to hurt the targeted businesses and has made its first collateral damage in government. Morocco’s social networks have been...
Friday, June 8, 2018
The North Africa Journal – June 8, 2018: Algerian journalist Layla Haddad Lefevre, who used to be the correspondent of the Algerian public broadcasting network in Brussels, appeared in a video shot at the EU headquarters denouncing the President Abdelaziz...
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
The North Africa Journal – June 5, 2018: This is a presentation made by MEA Risk Analyst and North Africa Journal Editor Arezki Daoud on understanding the sources of instability in the Sahel. The presentation focuses broadly on the root causes affecting...
Thursday, May 31, 2018
The North Africa Journal – May 31, 2018: Economic Brief: A parliamentary report released this week in Tunisia caught our attention because it addressed, in an honest way, the major issues facing the restive southeastern Tunisia, and by extension many other...
Thursday, May 31, 2018
By Arezki Daoud, MEA Risk Lead Analyst – May 31, 2018: The headlines in some of the world’s media read as if something new happened in Paris this week. One of them says “Libyan factions agree to December 10 elections at Paris talks,” suggesting to the reader...
Thursday, May 31, 2018
The North Africa Journal – May 31, 2018: Violence in Mali continues to escalate, making dozens of deaths, including among Tuareg and Fulani civilians caught in a conflict that has no solution in sight. Security tracking firm MEA Risk LLC says over the past...
Thursday, May 17, 2018
The North Africa Journal: May 17, 2018: MEA Risk LLC reports that four more Islamic insurgents surrendered to the army in the province of Tamanrasset in Algeria this week in a series of surrenders boosted by the military call for amnesty for those willing to give up...
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
The North Africa Journal: May 16, 2018: MEA Risk LLC said news and political life in Mozambique over the past fortnight have been largely dominated by the unexpected death of Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama on 3 May 2018. Dhlakama, one of the two top players in the...
Monday, May 14, 2018
The North Africa Journal – May 14, 2018: MEA Risk LLC said that for the period of 7 to 13 May 2018, there were 53 critical incidents in Nigeria, resulting in 134 deaths and 215 arrests. Incidents related to the Human & Social category and the Criminality category...
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
MEA Risk LLC – May 2, 2018: In its weekly threat assessment report, sister company MEA Risk pains a grim picture of the security situation in Nigeria. MEA Risk says for the period of 23 to 29 April 2018, there were 46 critical incidents in Nigeria, resulting in...
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
MEA Risk – May 1, 2018: For the period of 1 to 15 April 2018, threat assessment firm MEA Risk reports 38 critical incidents in Mozambique, resulting in 10 deaths and at least 17 arrests. The Human & Social category accounted for 29.41% of the week’s...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
MEA Risk Brief: April 10, 2018: The commander of the pro-eastern government Libyan National Army, General Khalifa Haftar, is reported to have suffered a heart attack. He has been transferred to Jordan for intensive care.
Monday, April 9, 2018
The North Africa Journal – 9 April 2018: The possibility of President Bouteflika to run for another term is now increasingly likely. In fact, not only has he received the official endorsement of the ruling FLN party, but he has also toured projects in Algiers,...
Monday, April 9, 2018
MEA Risk Brief: Morocco has reportedly informed Algeria, through an unidentified European ambassador to Algeria, that it is ready to intervene militarily if the “Polisario Front continues to refuse the United Nations” and Morocco’s call to withdraw from...
Thursday, April 5, 2018
The North Africa Journal – 5 April 2018: The informal foreign currency exchange market (forex) in Algeria is more vibrant than ever, and continues to expand. The use of such market is widespread because of an ineffective financial sector and regulations that are...
Thursday, February 22, 2018
MEA Risk LLC: Five civilians were killed, and four others were wounded on 18 February….
