Several Moroccan officials have been questioned as part of a high-profile investigation into alleged bribery by the...
Governance Bound
Algeria: Year before election, president picks new prime minister
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune dismissed his prime minister on Saturday, replacing him with a seasoned...
Morocco: How is King Mohammed VI Managing the Earthquake Crisis?
Could the earthquake be a defining moment for King Mohammed VI? So far, there have been mix signals about his...
Morocco complains to UN of Western Sahara truce violations
United Nations, United States, Jan 11, 2019 (AFP) - Morocco has accused Polisario Front fighters in Western Sahara of...
Chad’s president sacks two ministers likely over oil field licensing deal
N'Djamena, Jan 11, 2019 (AFP) - Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno has sacked two members of his cabinet, including...
Libya: Thousands of people detained in prisons with little government control
United Nations, United States, Jan 10, 2019 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging the Libyan government to...
Libya issues arrest warrants against attackers of oil facilities ($)
The North Africa Journal: 9 January 2019: The Libyan authorities have issued 37 arrest warrants against Libyans,...
Egypt: Activist Ahmed Douma gets 15 years in prison
Cairo, Jan 9, 2019 - A leading figure in Egypt's 2011 revolution [see profile here] was handed 15 years in prison on...
Profile: Ahmed Douma, Egyptian Political Activist and Blogger
A leading figure in Egypt's 2011 revolution was handed 15 years in prison on Wednesday after a retrial, a judicial...
Algeria’s former and current military chiefs dragged into political infighting
The North Africa Journal - January 9, 2019: The uncertainty over the presidential election in Algeria has created new...
Egypt wants CBS to drop Sisi interview on Israel cooperation: network
Washington, Jan 4, 2019 (AFP) - Egypt has asked CBS not to air an interview with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in...
Mali: Ethnic conflicts worsen instability in Mali
Bamako, Jan 4, 2019 (AFP) - Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Friday visited the graves of 37 villagers...
Morocco: New test of allegiance to Saudi Arabia
The North Africa Journal - November 19, 2018: In an article posted on November 4, 2018, the Washington Post reported...
Tunisia’s Prime Minister seeks greater autonomy from President in leadership tussle
The North Africa Journal - Nov 8, 2018: Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed announced on Monday evening a...
King of Morocco proposes direct talks with Algeria: Unlikely to happen this year
The North Africa Journal - Nov 8, 2018: The fate of the contested Western Sahara territory and a regional leadership...
Morocco: Central Danone and PJD minister first victims of an unusual boycott
The North Africa Journal - June 8, 2018: For several weeks now, a call to boycott three major brands in the Moroccan...
Libya: Nothing new achieved in yet another Paris conference on Libya
By Arezki Daoud, MEA Risk Lead Analyst - May 31, 2018: The headlines in some of the world’s media read as if something...
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: More arrests in Jerada as population calls for tangible economic plan
The North Africa Journal - April 4, 2018: The end of March saw an uptick in arrests in the mining town of Jerada in...
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...
Morocco: Fallout from el-Hoceima unrest: Royal purge of government continues
The North Africa Journal - November 22, 2017: On November 13, 2017, a second round of firings hit the Moroccan...
Moroccan King fires junior ministers: leadership or scapegoating?
The North Africa Journal - November 3, 2017 - [Photo: State auditor Driss Jettou making case against ministers before...
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...
Tunisia’s economic challenges: are they insurmountable?
The North Africa Journal - August 24, 2017: While the Tunisian government is drafting the country’s next budget,...
Two Sahel nations take different paths to their constitutions: Mauritania changes it, Mali does not
The North Africa Journal- August 21, 2017- Two Sahel countries, Mauritania and Mali, have been preparing to amend...
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...
Morocco: King seeks to deflate criticism over the unrest in the north, blaming everyone but the monarchy
The North Africa Journal- August 10, 2017: After an easing of tension at the end of July, facilitated by the...
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...
Oil exporters facing difficult outlook, watch for rising instability
The North Africa Journal- June 29, 2017 - By Arezki Daoud: The outlook for the oil market, from the perspective of...
Mali: Police disperse anti-referendum protest
Dozens of protesters have taken to the streets of Bamako to stage a march on 12 June to oppose the referendum on...
How Egypt is escalating the war against its own people: the dark road ahead
The North Africa Journal: June 12, 2017: President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi has always argued that the fight against...
Libya: Shifting sands in the militia and insurgency movements
The North Africa Journal - June 12, 2017: Tracking and understanding the various militias and insurgent groups...
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...
Morocco risk outlook: difficult path to reconciliation in el-Hoceima, but it is not too late
The North Africa Journal: June 9, 2017: In a note to its clients, MEA Risk predicts that the Moroccan government is...
Morocco: Massive show of force as authorities confront public anger in Hoceima
The North Africa Journal - May 30, 2017: There have been intense clashes between demonstrators and the Moroccan...
Egypt’s tough balancing act: The contradictory task of ensuring social peace while delivering economic growth
The North Africa Journal - May 24, 2017 - Egyptian households are bracing of an extremely costly Ramadan season....
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...
Tunisia: Military called to protect industrial assets amid rising social unrest
The North Africa Journal | May 11, 2017: For the first time in the country’s history, the Tunisian government has...
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...
Global Affairs: Saudi power struggle could destabilize the entire Middle East
By Dr. Cyril Widdershoven*: Political instability in Saudi Arabia is growing as King Salman bin Abdulaziz begins to...
Social and labor unrest escalates in Tunisia as the government is running out of ideas
Over the past weekend, the Tunisian central government dismissed two senior provincial officials in the restive...
As tension eases in Western Sahara conflict, the belligerents stick to their guns
The North Africa Journal - May 4, 2017: Fighters of the Polisario Front, who are seeking statehood in the Western...