Algiers, June 21, 2020 - Algeria sentenced prominent anti-government activist Amira Bouraoui to a year in prison on...
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Tunisia: Unrest continues in southern Tunisia
Tataouine, Tunisia, June 22, 2020 - Protesters demanding jobs and the release of an activist in Tunisia's marginalised...
Pressure mounts in Algeria as calls for resumption of anti-regime protest intensify
18 June 2020: In this 12 minute podcast, Arezki Daoud, Lead Analyst at MEA Risk LLC and Editor of The North Africa...
Tunisia announces first case of coronavirus, joins four other African nations affected
Tunisia is now the fifth African country to report a coronavirus case, announced on Monday March 2, 2020. It now joins...
Global markets rattled by coronavirus
Lagos, Feb 28, 2020 - Nigeria reported the first new coronavirus case in sub-Saharan Africa on Friday, as global stock...
Algeria: The dizzying pace of the anti-corruption campaign and the clan warfare
The Algerian legal system has resumed its anti-corruption campaign with the arrest this week of several business...
Sahel: With insurgents several steps ahead, Sahel leaders are disoriented
Nouakchott, Feb 25, 2020 - A summit of Sahel states heard appeals Tuesday to step up the fight against jihadists whose...
Moroccans rally for democracy and better living conditions
Tens of thousands of Moroccans took to the streets of Casablanca on Sunday, 23 February 2020, to renew their demand...
Egypt former strong-man Hosni Mubarak dies at 91
Cairo, Feb 25, 2020 - Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak ruled with an iron fist for 30 years before being deposed...
Algerians maintain their revolt against unpopular regime
Algiers, Feb 22, 2020 - Several thousand people gathered in the Algerian capital Saturday on the first anniversary of...
Sahel: French army says it killed some 50 insurgents in Mali’s Mopti region
Paris, Feb 21, 2020 - French soldiers "neutralised" around 50 in a series of operations in Mali this month, the army...
Algerians wrap up full-year of rallies with pledge to continue until old regime falls
Algiers, Feb 21, 2020 - (photo: Twitter: @khaleddrareni) Algeria this weekend marks a year since the birth of an...
Tunisia: President threatens to dissolve parliament as cabinet unable to form
On Monday, 17 February, Tunisian President Kais Saied said that without a vote of confidence to validate the future...
Algerians brace for major anti-government rallies this weekend, police continue to repress
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the capital Algiers, on Tuesday, 18 February, during the 52nd weekly...
Sahel: Food distribution program gone wrong, scores of refugees killed in Niger stampede
Niamey, Feb 17, 2020 - Twenty people, many of them women and children, were trampled to death on Monday in a stampede...
Sahel: Insurgents attack church in Burkina Faso, 24 killed
Ouagadougou, Feb 17, 2020 - Gunmen have killed 24 people and wounded 18 in an attack on a Protestant church in a...
Algeria: The fall of a media provocateur and owner of a propaganda machine
Media provocateur Anis Rahmani, owner of Algeria’s Ennahar TV, was put on detention warrant by a court in Algiers as...
North Africa confronting tough climate change
Skoura, Morocco, Feb 14, 2020 (By Ismail Bellaouali) - Dead palm trees lie on dry, yellowish earth near an abandoned...
West Africa facing Jihadist contagion from the Sahel
Cotonou, Feb 14, 2020 (By Josue Mehouenou with Sophie Bouillon in Lagos) - An attack on police in the far north of...
Libya: Unusual consensus in the UN Security Council, but no solution in sight
United Nations, United States, Feb 13, 2020 - The UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution calling for a...
Tunisia: President Kais Saied’s unsettled foreign policy
Tunis, Feb 13, 2020 (By Caroline Nelly Perrot) - Tunisian President Kais Saied's first major foray into international...
Demographic milestone: Egypt’s population exceeds 100 million
Cairo, Feb 11, 2020 - Egypt's population has passed 100 million, its statistics agency said Tuesday, highlighting the...
Morocco: Rights groups urge Morocco to free people jailed for their political opinion
Rabat, Feb 5, 2020 - Human rights groups called Wednesday for the release of at least 10 Moroccan citizens arrested...
Algeria: Sonatrach CEO Kamel Chikhi dismissed, company fails to stabilize
On 5 February 2020, Sonatrach CEO Kamel Eddine Chikhi was dismissed from his position by a government decree. He was...
Sahel: France sends 600 more soldiers to Mali
Paris, Feb 2, 2020 - France said Sunday it was boosting its military presence in the Sahel by adding a further 600...
With oppression and no free speech, North Africans turn to football stadiums for politics
By Hamza Mekouar - From Casablanca to Algiers via Tunis, the chants belted out across football stadiums echo young...
Libya: UN sees ray of hope in Libya crisis, announces principal of “lasting truce” agreed by belligerents
Geneva, Feb 4, 2020 - Representatives of the warring parties in Libya meeting in Geneva have agreed on the principle...
Algeria intensifies harassment of religious minorities
After a two month lull, following heavy criticism on the forced closure of Christian churches in the Kabylie region,...
How UAE security firm deceives jobless Sudanese and sends them to fight in Libya
Khartoum, Jan 28, 2020 - Dozens of Sudanese protested Tuesday in Khartoum, alleging that their relatives had been...
Sahel: Destabilization of Burkina Faso underway
Ouagadougou, Jan 28, 2020 (By Armel Baily) - Six soldiers were killed and several went missing Tuesday after a...
Sahel: Turmoil in Mali
Bamako, Jan 28, 2020 - A court in Mali's capital Bamako ordered the temporary release of former coup leader Amadou...
Sahel: Concern in France as US military prepares to reduce its presence in the Sahel
Washington, Jan 27, 2020 - French Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly warned Monday that expected cuts to the...
Sahel: Somber assessment about Burkina Faso’s stability, say MEA Risk LLC
Advisory firm MEA Risk LLC released a brief to its client suggesting that the instability in Burkina Faso and...
Tunisia: Former minister asked to form government after assembly rejected his predecessor
Tunis, Jan 20, 2020 - Former finance minister Elyes Fakhfakh was named prime minister-designate by Tunisia's president...
Libya: The Berlin conference outcome suggests no peace in Libya
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: All the roads leading to Tripoli are paved with landmines. The Berlin conference was a great...
Sahel: New wave of population displacement in Niger amid rising terrorism
Niamey, Jan 19, 2020 - Nearly 7,000 people have fled the region in western Niger where jihadist fighters killed 89...
Podcast: The Libyan crisis is getting more complex
The discussion on Libya that follows was recorded on the 10 of January. The discussion between MEA Risk’s Arezki Daoud...
Podcast: Algeria risk assessment: the intersection of business and political corruption
In this episode, Arezki Daoud of risk assessment firm MEA Risk LLC and editor of the North Africa Journal, looks at...
Libya: Dangerous military buildup in Libya
Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar announced this morning (Monday, 6 January) his troops entered the coastal city of Sirte...
Fifth gen. Russian stealth fighters in the Southern Mediterranean
Algeria has concluded three contracts for the purchase of Russian fifth-generation stealth fighter Su-57 and the Su-34...
Crisis in Sahel: France’s quagmire
The Sahel is experiencing utter destabilization. Almost all countries of the region, starting with Mali, then Niger, ...
The southern Mediterranean braces for war
Libya has long been a battleground pitting several regional powers against one another. That competition for influence...