As Wagner withdraws from Mali, Russia is not stepping away, but it’s reshaping its presence there. Under quiet...
Algeria Bound
Algeria Cuts French Imports in Bid for Self-Sufficiency and Diversification
France once held a firm place in Algeria’s food supply chain, from wheat fields in Burgundy to cattle farms in the...
Algeria Confirms Gold and Marble Reserves, Signals Opening of Mining Sector to Foreign Investment
Algeria is taking a closer look at what lies beneath its southern soil—and the numbers are starting to add up. With...
Algeria: Security reinforced in the south of Algiers
The authorities have strongly reinforced security in the national roads located in the south of Algiers, including...
Algerian government outraged after journalist broadcasts anti-Bouteflika video from EU HQ
The North Africa Journal - June 8, 2018: Algerian journalist Layla Haddad Lefevre, who used to be the correspondent of...
Algeria: More insurgents surrender as military renews call for amnesty, says MEA Risk
The North Africa Journal: May 17, 2018: MEA Risk LLC reports that four more Islamic insurgents surrendered to the army...
Algeria’s 2017 defense spending down, still highest in Africa
The North Africa Journal - May 2, 2018: Algeria’s military spending in 2017 fell by 5.2% in 2017 to settle at $9.6...
Algeria: Presidency signals another term for Bouteflika as FLN endorses 2019 bid
The North Africa Journal - 9 April 2018: The possibility of President Bouteflika to run for another term is now...
Morocco allegedly informs Algeria about possible military action in Western Sahara
MEA Risk Brief: Morocco has reportedly informed Algeria, through an unidentified European ambassador to Algeria, that...
Algerians brace for currency devaluation, fueling informal forex
The North Africa Journal - 5 April 2018: The informal foreign currency exchange market (forex) in Algeria is more...
Polisario clashes with tribesmen inside Tindouf camps
MEA Risk Brief: According to a security source, members of the security forces of the Sahrawi movement Polisario Front...
Algerian army loses two more soldiers in new attack, puts troops on high alert along Mali border
MEA Risk LLC: On 19 February, two Algerian soldiers were killed, and a third one was wounded after a roadside bomb...
Algeria: Five soldiers killed in a Tebessa sweeping operation
Five soldiers were killed today (14 February) in a bomb explosion in Tebessa, near the Tunisian border, according to...
Not such a happy new year for North Africa
The North Africa Journal: January 11, 2018- The new year started off on the wrong foot for North African nations, and...
Algeria stability week in review by MEA Risk
The North Africa Journal - December 20, 2017: MEA Risk releases threat assessments for various countries, and the...
The Jihadists are back
The North Africa Journal - 22 November, 2017: Although authorities have so far been able to contain the militant...
Algeria-Morocco: Algeria’s top diplomat starts new feud with Morocco
The North Africa Journal - November 3, 2017 - Algeria’s top diplomat, Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel has shown...
Algeria: The ex-official who won’t quit: PM Ouyahia defends ex Energy Minister Chakib Khelil
The North Africa Journal- November 3, 2017 - In an unexpected move, Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia has defended Chakib...
As Algeria ups its defensive capabilities, North Africa braces for an influx of new insurgents
The North Africa Journal - September 7, 2017: Over the past 20 years, the Algerian defense system has been largely...
Algeria: The oligarchs win, Prime Minister Tebboune fired and replaced by long-time Bouteflika supporter Ouyahia
The North Africa Journal- August 16, 2017- Ahmed Ouyahia, the Chief-of-Staff of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the...
Industry: Despite establishment of Renault, Hyundai and Volkswagen plants in Algeria, government looking to revisit assembly sector
The North Africa Journal: August 10, 2017: The Algerian automobile market is facing a strange evolution whereby...
Algeria: Feud between Prime Minister and oligarchs exposes Algeria’s central problem: who is in charge?
The North Africa Journal- August 10, 2017: The Algerian political system has been witnessing a new feud in the open...
North Africans boost security measures to prevent cheating in baccalaureate exam
The North Africa Journal: June 9, 2017: If you ask any high school student in the Maghreb to list their biggest...
Explosive social unrest across the Maghreb region
The North Africa Journal - May 24, 2017 - The Maghreb countries of North Africa are facing an unprecedented level of...
Algerian elections: A vote of no confidence for an emperor without clothes
The North Africa Journal- May 11, 2017: In a short story published in 1837, Danish author Hans Christian Andersen...
The Algerian legislative elections: the results
The North Africa Journal - May 7, 2017: The Algerian ministry of interior says voter participation was 38.25% on 4...
Algeria to require food industry to certify its products Halal
North Africa Journal- May 4, 2017: The Algerian government will require food vendors to certify their product to the...
Uncertainty over Italy’s renewal of key gas deal with Algeria
The North Africa Journal - May 4, 2017: Since the beginning of the year, Italy has been sending mix signals about the...
Despite economic hardship, defense spending in North Africa & Sahel on the rise
The North Africa Journal | April 27, 2017: Despite severe economic performances affecting the countries’ revenues,...
Algeria reinforces troops in southeast border, as crisis deepens in south Libya
The North Africa Journal - April 27, 2017: Although Algeria has been deploying more military assets along its western...
Algeria braces for voter apathy in May 4 legislative elections, low turnout expected
The North Africa Journal - April 23, 2017 - Campaigning for the legislative elections slated for 4 May 2017 in Algeria...
Algeria: Government to propose bill on doctrinal deviation (By MEA Risk)
The minister of religious affairs, Mohammed Aissa, has announced that a draft bill targeting "doctrinal deviation" is...
Algeria: Ailing President appears on TV, but uncertainty persists
The North Africa Journal - March 22, 2017- Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika reappeared in a brief video...
Algeria: Major controversy over replacement of Sonatrach CEO
The North Africa Journal - March 20, 2017 - The CEO of the Algerian company Sonatrach is a very powerful man. ...
New activity on the Western Sahara conflict, but no one knows where this is headed
The North Africa Journal - March 6, 2017 - The UN envoy to the Western Sahara Christopher Ross has handed over his...
Algeria: Massive weapons cache found near Niger border
MEA Risk Alert: March 5, 2017: The Algerian army has discovered, on 4 March, a massive weapons cache near the Nigerien...
Algeria: Police foil suicide attack in Constantine
The North Africa Journal: February 27, 2917: A suicide attack targeting a police station in Bab el-Kantara, in the...
Labor Unions: Localized and segmented unions in North Africa seek better coordination
The North Africa Journal - Feb 21, 2017: Labor protests have been a major source of the heightened level of social...
Algeria: Tensions deepen among the opposition over legislative elections
Tension between the opposition parties Jil Jadid (New Generation) and the Islamist-leaning Movement for Society and...
Outlook: Yet another cycle of uncertainty for the region
As the armed forces and security services manage to control, to a certain extent, the terror threat, the Greater North...
Instability in North Africa and Sahel claims over 8,500 deaths in 2016. MEA Risk expects 2017 to be another crisis year
Miami, FL – MEA Risk LLC - The North Africa and Sahel zone witnessed a 16.0% increase in the number of destabilizing...
Algerian authorities confronted with localized labor unrest, escalation in 2017
While the Algerian authorities continue to focus a great deal of attention and resources on preventing attacks from...
More Belt-Tightening Ahead for Algeria
The North Africa Journa: October 2, 2016: Algeria continues to seek cost containment measures, with growing...