The departure of France’s interior minister Bruno Retailleau marks a substantial moment against the backdrop of...
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Libya’s Path to Stability: Still Blocked by Fragmentation and Armed Rivalries
Libya closes 2025 still caught in a web of armed rivalries, political fragmentation, and recurring violence that...
Why Morocco’s Protests Aren’t Just About Youth: The Fight for Dignity and Justice
Transcript Morocco is once again at the center of deep civil unrest, drawing international attention—not least from...
Egypt: Universities to ban niqab for female staff
Cairo, Jan 27, 2020 - A top Egyptian court has ruled in favour of banning female academic staff at Cairo University...
Political crisis took center-stage in Algeria’s 2019 security profile, says MEA Risk LLC
In a note addressed to its clients, advisory firm MEA Risk LLC said the apparent easing in political tension in...
Libya: Despite calls for ceasefire, Haftar continues to attack Tripoli
There is little to no hope that warlord Khalifa Haftar and his supporters will listen to calls for reason and endorse...
Tunisia: Court Officers to launch nationwide strike on 4 February
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...
Sahel: Insecurity forces Niger to halt voter registration in troubled regions
Niamey, Jan 21, 2020 - Niger's election commission said Tuesday it had suspended a voter registration drive in a...
Egypt: Court shows unusual defiance to Sisi regime
Cairo, Jan 21, 2020 - An Egyptian court has ordered the country's interior minister to reveal the whereabouts of a...
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...
Egypt: Mustafa Kassem dies in Egyptian prison
Washington, Jan 14, 2020 - An American citizen whose case was raised by top US leaders died Monday after more than six...
Tunisia: Impasse as parliament rejects Jemli’s cabinet
Tunis, Jan 10, 2020 - The Tunisian parliament on Friday rejected the government of Prime Minister-designate Habib...
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...
Sahel: People of Mali want foreign troops out
Bamako, Jan 10, 2020 - Hundreds of people in Mali on Friday protested against the presence of foreign troops in their...
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...
Nile dam dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt simmers
Metekel, Ethiopia, Jan 7, 2020 - Cell phone batteries constantly dying, health centres bereft of modern equipment, a...
Sahel: Mali official claims responsibility for an anti-Trump tweet
Bamako, Jan 7, 2020 - A former Malian government official claimed responsibility Tuesday for embarrassing tweets from...
Libya: Dangerous military buildup in Libya
Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar announced this morning (Monday, 6 January) his troops entered the coastal city of Sirte...
Libya: Warlord Khalifa Haftar’s raid on military school in residential area kills at least 28
Tripoli, Jan 4, 2020 - At least 28 people were killed and dozens injured on Saturday in an air strike on a military...
Algeria: A new government cabinet that fails to impress
Newly appointed president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced his first government cabinet, which comprises 39 members,...
Algerian regime releases prominent political prisoners, seeks to ease public pressure
Well-known independence war veteran Lakhdar Bouregaa, was released from jail on 2 January 2020. He had been detained...
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...
The southern Mediterranean braces for war
Libya has long been a battleground pitting several regional powers against one another. That competition for influence...
Algeria frees prominent war veteran Lakhdar Bouregaa
Algiers, Jan 2, 2020 (AFP) - Algeria released on Thursday well-known independence war veteran Lakhdar Bouregaa, who...
Tunisia: 28 ministers in PM Jemli’s incoming cabinet
Tunis, Jan 2, 2020 - Tunisia's prime minister-designate on Thursday unveiled a proposed government composed of...
Algeria: While new Prime Minister speaks of restoring “confidence,” regime continues to repress
Algiers, Dec 27, 2019 - The director of an Algerian internet radio station has been placed in pre-trial detention...
Algeria: New prime minister with academic credentials hired to perform miracles
Algiers, Dec 28, 2019 - Algeria's new president on Saturday named as his prime minister an academic turned political...
Moroccan regime confirms its zero tolerance to free speech
Rabat, Dec 26, 2019 - A Moroccan YouTuber (see photo) was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for "insulting...
The cost of a civil war, tens of thousands of Libyans flee their homes
Tripoli, Dec 27, 2019 (By Nawas Al-Darraji) - Layla Mohammed barely had time to gather her children's belongings...
Algeria: Hirak anti-regime movement continues for 45th week
Algiers, Dec 27, 2019 - Tens of thousands of Algerians demonstrated Friday for the second consecutive week since the...
Algeria: Death of a tyrant and a country facing uncertainty
Opinion by Arezki Daoud | Even Hollywood could not have come up with such a dramatic script. The head of the Algeria...
Regime in Algeria faces insurmountable wall, population rejects presidential appointee
Algiers, Dec 20, 2019 - Algerian demonstrators on Friday rejected a call for dialogue by the country's new president,...
Algeria: Tebboune sworn in as president, faces insurmountable challenges
Algiers, Dec 19, 2019 - Establishment insider Abdelmadjid Tebboune was sworn in Thursday as Algeria's new president, a...
Tunisia: Can President Kais Saied deliver on his pledges
Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, Dec 17, 2019 - Tunisia's president on Tuesday commemorated the start of the uprising that...
Algerians back to the street, reject dialogue with new President Tebboune
Algiers, Dec 17, 2019 - Students, teachers and other demonstrators rallied in their thousands in Algeria's capital...
Algeria: With its Algeria venture CEO in prison over alleged corruption, Volkswagen suspends production in Algeria
Carmaker Volkswagen has suspended production in Algeria, where the head of its local partner has been detained since...
Algeria: Despite major voter boycott, military regime imposes former PM Tebboune as president
[email_link] Algiers, Dec 13, 2019 - Abdelmadjid Tebboune, declared victor on Friday in Algeria's unpopular...
Libya: Warlord Khalifa Haftar promises onslaught on Tripoli
Tripoli, Dec 12, 2019 - Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar announced a "decisive battle" for the capital Tripoli...
Violent election in Algeria, troubled outlook
Algiers, Dec 12, 2019 - Algeria held a tense presidential election Thursday meant to bring stability after a year of...
Algeria: Ongoing rallies expose failure of the Algerian regime’s election drive
Hundreds of thousands of people, including large numbers of students demonstrated on Tuesday, Dec.10 in Algiers and...
Egyptian opponent abroad, Mohamed Ali, sentenced by Sisi court to jail in absentia
Cairo, Dec 10, 2019 - A self-exiled Egyptian businessman and dissident who has accused President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi...