By Arezki Daoud: 22 February 2019 - North Africa remains confronted with so many sources of instability, while the...
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Nigeria postpones presidential election for one week, rival parties accuse each other
Abuja, Feb 16, 2019 - Nigeria's electoral watchdog on Saturday postponed presidential and parliamentary elections for...
Algeria: 150 more Middle Eastern refugees arrested
Algeria: Ovine rinderpest deathtoll reaches 2,000
Algeria: More than 1,000 cattle die of ovine rinderpest nationwide
Morocco: Possible return of IS fighters from war zones raises concerns
Niger: 200 insurgents killed, 87 others arrested in Lake Chad
Mali: Two soldiers killed in Bamba
Mali: 37 Fulani civilians killed by Islamic insurgents
Niger: US embassy scales down diplomatic mission due to insecurity
Tillaberi-Niger: Gendarme killed, another one wounded in Boni attack
Tibesti-Chad: 30 killed, 200 wounded in inter-communal clashes
Batna-Algeria: Bomb found in the street of Batna
Sabha-Libya: 20 hostages freed from IS, eight insurgents killed
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...
Nigeria: As primaries end, competition between parties to intensify, and violence likely
The North Africa Journal - 14 October 2018 - Security analyst firm MEA Risk LLC says that for the period of 8 to 14...
Mozambique: Municipal elections end with ruling party dominance
The North Africa Journal: 15 October 2018: MEA Risk reports that the Mozambican Liberation Front (Frelimo) has won...
Algeria faces US sanctions for purchasing Russian weaponry
The North Africa Journal - 3 October 2018: The United States could impose sanctions against Algeria for purchasing...
Mozambique: Back to uncertainty as opposition leader dies before conclusion of peace talks, says MEA Risk
The North Africa Journal: May 16, 2018: MEA Risk LLC said news and political life in Mozambique over the past...
Africa: Instability persists in Nigeria
The North Africa Journal – May 14, 2018: MEA Risk LLC said that for the period of 7 to 13 May 2018, there were 53...
Africawide: Nigeria struggles with its twin conflict of herdsmen and Boko Haram
MEA Risk LLC - May 2, 2018: In its weekly threat assessment report, sister company MEA Risk pains a grim picture of...
Africawide: Mozambique still struggling with Islamic militancy
MEA Risk - May 1, 2018: For the period of 1 to 15 April 2018, threat assessment firm MEA Risk reports 38 critical...
Libya’s slave trade
By Maya Yang: On January 25, a series of grisly videos from Libya surfaced online that depicted several kidnapped...
The disgraceful practice of human trafficking in Libya
The North Africa Journal - November 16, 2017: International organizations and human rights groups have long been aware...
Africa: Nigeria halts all oil exploration in Borno as Boko Haram kills researchers and
The North Africa Journal: July 28, 2017: The Nigerian government is cancelling all exploration activity in northeast...
Mali: At least 30 dead in clashes between Tuareg groups in Kidal
The North Africa Journal- June 13, 2017: Threat tracking and assessment company MEA Risk says at least 30 Tuareg...
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...
Relations: Turkey forces Morocco to close schools allegedly tied to the Gulen movement
Morocco has agreed with Ankara’s demand to close the schools affiliated to the Islamist movement controlled by the...
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...
China to strengthen economic presence in Africa, seeks to widen political influence
January 2017: Last month, China flexed its muscles against Nigeria when the West African country agreed to upgrade the...
French military presence in Africa unlikely to change post 2017 presidential elections
January 2017: Despite a deadly year of terror in France, partly tied to the country’s involvement in major conflict...
Turkey maintains pressure on Islamic State in and out of its territory
Battling on various fronts, Turkey is also facing an aggressive Islam State, which has been responsible for many...
With Peugeot-Citroen Joining Renault, Oran becomes the Capital of Algeria’s Car Assembly Business
Although the companies have not made a formal announcement yet, the Wali (governor) of Oran in western Algeria says...
Tunisia’s Crises
Tunisia is facing a multi-faceted crisis, top of which is the ongoing unemployment protests that highlight the...
Egypt Jeopardizes Tourism and FDI Recovery with Disruptive Policies
The sustained attacks by IS and other insurgents against tourist targets in Egypt have had a severe dampening effect...
IS Looking to Widen North Africa Operations, says MEA Risk
There are a lot of chatters and pronouncements in various places about the Islamic State organization (Daesh) seeking...
Lack of Coordination and Panic Compromise the African Military Coalition Fighting Boko Haram
Government Troops battling Boko Haram in West, Central Africa and in the Sahel appear poorly equipped and badly...
Morocco’s Billions Stashed in Private Swiss Accounts
It is not such a shocking news to learn that Africa’s political and business leaders have long been breaching the...
The Libyan Crisis: The Moroccan Negotiations Likely to Lead to Nowhere
The Libyan government based in the east of the country and affiliated to the House of Representatives (HoR) is ready...
Can the Chad Reach and Maintain Regional Leadership?
The country of Chad does not want to be called “the Dead Heart of Africa” anymore. Although it is one of the world’s...
North Mali Crisis: The Failure of the Algiers Talks
The fifth round of talks on peace in northern Mali ended in Algiers with nothing in favor of the northern populations....
Mauritania’s Brutal Crackdown of Anti-Slavery Campaigners
Mauritania is one of the very few countries that continues to endorse slavery in pratice, despite laws that ban it....
The Egyptian Government Signals Some Easing of an All-Out Repression Strategy
There are some tiny signals coming from Egypt that President Sissi and his government are looking to ease a few of the...