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Relations: Turkey forces Morocco to close schools allegedly tied to the Gulen movementF

Morocco has agreed with Ankara’s demand to close the schools affiliated to the Islamist movement controlled by the opposition figure Fethullah Gulen. For months, Turkey has been increasing pressure on most countries that hosts schools tied to Gulen.  Already in the...

Instability in North Africa and Sahel claims over 8,500 deaths in 2016. MEA Risk expects 2017 to be another crisis yearF

Miami, FL – MEA Risk LLC - The North Africa and Sahel zone witnessed a 16.0% increase in the number of destabilizing critical incidents in 2016 to a total of 11,916, according to MEA Risk LLC.  Despite such increase, MEA Risk’s Instability Index, measuring the crisis...

China to strengthen economic presence in Africa, seeks to widen political influenceF

January 2017: Last month, China flexed its muscles against Nigeria when the West African country agreed to upgrade the second-tier Taiwanese diplomatic mission based in Abuja to full embassy status. Beijing did not like the move and has been threatening Nigeria to...

French military presence in Africa unlikely to change post 2017 presidential electionsF

January 2017: Despite a deadly year of terror in France, partly tied to the country’s involvement in major conflict zones, Paris is looking to maintain such involvement, and may even increase it. The upcoming presidential elections are not likely to witness a major...
Libya’s slave tradeF

Libya’s slave tradeF

By Maya Yang:   On January 25, a series of grisly videos from Libya surfaced online that depicted several kidnapped...

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