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Week in Review Podcast: Ending 20 May 2023F

Welcome to this episode of North Africa and the Sahel week-in-review, for the period ending Saturday, 20th of May. Today is the 22nd of May and greetings to all. So the week in the northern half of Africa ended with a lot of political tension in the Maghreb region,...

Algerian regime arrests businessman Isaad Rebrab, lengthens prison term of opposition figure to eliminate competition to president’s second termF

Photo: Algeria's richest man, Isaad Rebrab- The appeal trial of Ali Ghediri on May 16 and 17 ended with an increase of his sentence from four to six years in prison. Ali Ghediri is a retired army general who decided to run for president in 2019. The court deprived...

Libya: Fathi Bashagha, rival prime minister, ousted by eastern parliamentF

Related Content: The fleecing of Libya [listen as audio podcast] Also: How to Plunder a Nation: How the Ben Ali clan ransacked Tunisia’s wealth Libya's parliament, in the east of the divided country, on Tuesday suspended Fathi Bashagha as head of an administration...

Podcast: The Fleecing of Libya: Billions of Dollars Missing and Everyone is at FaultF

In the post-Gaddafi era, corruption in Libya is endemic and metastasized. The culture of corruption is so ubiquitous and widespread that Transparency International ranks Libya third before last in the MENA region, doing only better than Syria and Yemen. In this...

Podcast: And Now the Environment is Major Factor of Instability in North AfricaF

Podcast: And Now the Environment is Major Factor of Instability in North AfricaF

Sep 23, 2023

As we reach the end of the third quarter 2023, about to enter the tail-end of the year, it is difficult to see a...

Libya flood: As death toll exceeds 3,300, tens of thousands of people are displacedF

Libya flood: As death toll exceeds 3,300, tens of thousands of people are displacedF

Sep 21, 2023

Libya's flood disaster, which killed thousands in the city of Derna, also displaced more than 43,000 people, the...

Libya: Incompetent eastern authorities tighten control on media, block communications accessF

Sep 20, 2023

Communications were severed Tuesday to the flood-hit Libyan city of Derna and journalists were asked to leave, a day...

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