Friday, June 21, 2024
Security issues in North Africa have been in the news recently. There is news coverage in Spain about Morocco stepping up its military presence near the Spanish-controlled enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, which, by the way, are located in North Africa. There is also a...
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Tunisia’s political system is still compromised, but the economy is showing some signs of minimal recovery. However, one area that is contributing to the inability of decision makers to react to changes and challenges in the economy is the time it takes for economic...
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
The Kaftan or Caftan, is now source of new tension between Morocco and Algeria. The two countries have been monitoring each other’s moves to pinpoint and complain about “cultural appropriation” when it comes to food, traditional graphics designs, arts and now robes. ...
Monday, May 13, 2024
The departure of the French and American troops from Niger created an opportunity for the Russians to replace them. The Russians’ objective is to clearly counter the west and reduce its influence in the Sahel, West Africa and elsewhere on the African continent. The...
Monday, April 8, 2024
By Arezki Daoud: France is experiencing an unprecedented backlash in the Sahel and in West Africa. Disastrous post-colonial policies forced the people of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso to expel French troops and diplomats, reducing Paris’ entrenched but...
Saturday, April 6, 2024
By MondAfrique: A column of armed vehicles from the Permanent Strategic Framework (CSP), the Touareg rebel coalition driven out of Kidal, was attacked by fighters from the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM) on Friday in the Ouagadou forest, while that it was...
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Agricultural trade between France and Algeria is experiencing challenges that are primarily affecting French exporters. From the onslaught of the Russian grain exports to Algeria, essentially displacing French exporters, to Algeria banning French cattle due to EHDV...
Saturday, April 6, 2024
The authorities in Niger summoned the Algerian ambassador Bekhadda Mehdi on 2 April, over Algeria’s treatment of undocumented migrants originating from Niger. In return, two days later Algeria also summoned the ambassador of the Republic of Niger in Algiers, Aminou...
Saturday, April 6, 2024
By MondAfrique: A short video circulating on social media shows outgoing Senegalese President Macky Sall’s departure for Morocco on April 2, the day of the inauguration of his rival Bassirou Diomaye Faye. Morocco officially welcomed the former President of...
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, ordered the holding of an early presidential election on 7 September 2024, instead of the scheduled December date. The surprise announcement, which contradict the Algerian constitution that requires the election to take place...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
(Photo: Magistrates at the Court of Auditors) – Algeria must have some serious problems with official document forgery. Analysts say the practice is widespread given the heavy bureaucratic nature of the outdated administration and the equally outdated regulatory...
Monday, March 18, 2024
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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Sunday, 25 February was a bloody day for religious groups in Burkina Faso. Two attacks against a church and a mosque confirm the utter instability of the northern and eastern regions of the country. In Essakane-village, in the northeastern Burkina Faso, a terrorist...
Monday, February 26, 2024
Backlash against France continues in Niger, with several local media reporting that security and intelligence services in Niamey discovered this past week “a significant arsenal of war weapons” in a villa and in the premises of the European Union civilian...
Thursday, February 22, 2024
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
By Arezki Daoud: It’s an election year in Africa and it already started badly. The East African island of Comoros in the Indian Ocean opened the election cycle on 14 January, with autocratic figure Azali Assoumani “re-elected” for a third term, presumably winning 63%...
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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Monday, February 5, 2024
By Nicolas Beau | MondAfrique: The specter of an unprecedented political crisis looms over Senegal with President Macky Sall’s decision to suspend the presidential election scheduled February 25. The latter’s desire to impose his protege Amadou Ba at all costs as his...
