Mauritania is getting €210 million in EU funding to act as a migration gatekeeper to fortress Europe. The northwest...
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Libya in Perpetual Crisis: How Khalifa Haftar Is Gaining Ground Amid Institutional Collapse
Libya is unable to find a way out of its crisis. It is caught between two rival governments, a dysfunctional...
Mali in Turmoil: Junta Suspends Political Parties Amid Mounting Opposition
Mali’s ruling junta has officially suspended all political party activities, marking the most sweeping crackdown yet...
Algeria: complete political and economic freeze, regime has no creative ideas to get out of the chaos
Opinion by Arezki Daoud | June 4, 2019: The man in charge by default in Algeria, army chief General Gaid Salah, gave...
Algeria: Business tycoon Ali Heddad could face up to 18 months in jail for forgery
Libya: Haftar troops unable to capture Tripoli, more violence ahead
Sudan army unleashes repression on protesters
June 3, 2019 - Egypt on Monday urged all sides in Sudan to return to the negotiating table as security forces moved...
Algeria cancels 4 July presidential election, a major victory for the Algerian people
By Arezki Daoud: 2 June 2019: The Algerian presidential election scheduled by the regime to take place on 4 July 2019...
Algeria: As Ramadan enters its last week, protesters maintain pressure on government, want radical change
Algeria: Late rights activist Fekhar, victim of a ruthless regime, in his own words
The Algeria human rights activist and medical doctor, Kamel Eddine Fekhar speaks in this interview (in Algerian) of...
Egypt: Jazeera journalist kept in Egyptian jail in case of judicial harassment
Moroccan lawmakers continue to oppose the Amazigh ethnic rights
Algeria: Victim of judicial harassment, rights activist Kamel Eddine Fekhar dies in hospital
Tunisia: TV owner Nabil Karoui to run for president
Egypt: Human rights violations and attrocities reported in North Sinai
Sahel: Crisis Group suggests provocative idea of dialogue between Mali and insurgents
The Algerian crisis: Army chief General Gaid Salah stalls stability, rejects public call for transition period
Chaos and insecurity in the Sahel
The aggressive meddling of UAE and Saudi rulers in other countries’ affairs
May 24, 2019 - Turkey and Qatar risk losing geopolitical influence due to turmoil in Libya and Sudan, as regional...
New Sudan ruler visits Egypt’s General Sisi
Cairo, May 25, 2019 (AFP) - The head of Sudan's ruling military council arrived in Cairo Saturday, an airport official...
Libya: Tripoli braces for a long war, Haftar wants no negotiations
Egypt unfreezes assets of Habib al-Adly, one of Mubarak’s most ruthless security chiefs
Algeria: A funny election charade
Algeria: How General Gaid Salah has become the main obstacle in the stability of Algeria
Algeria: Despite peaceful nature of the protest movement, police intimidate and seek to escalate tension
Algiers, May 24, 2019 - Algerian police on Friday threw up a tight cordon around a key protest site, arresting dozens...
Libya: Death toll in battle for Tripoli exceeds 500, no break for civilians in Ramadan
Algeria: Police struggle to control the crowds in new Friday mass protest
France’s Total to get Anadarko Africa’s assets: What are the challenges ahead?
The takeover of Anadarko by Occidental paves the way for France's Total to acquire Anadarko assets and projects in...
Deadlock in the Algerian crisis: the general vs. the people
Libya: Haftar follows Sarraj’s path, visits European leaders
Libya: Europe warns of escalating crisis in Libya, worried about more immigration
Algeria: Defying the hardship of Ramadan and heat, the Algerian people return to the street to demand regime change
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: To their chagrin, the Algerian regime's hopes that the anti-government protest movement...
Algeria: Regime cracks down on the press, fires TV anchor for his positions
General Sisi of Egypt confirms his support to Libyan warlord Haftar in his quest to destroy Tripoli
Algeria: Central and local governments facing growing disobedience and rebellion, as social unrest escalates
The northwestern province of Sidi Bel Abbes is the mirror of what is occurring across the entire country as social...
The Libyan Solution Passes through Rome, via Moscow and Doha
Analysis by Alessandro Bruno: No country more than Italy – which faces both the prospect of another migrant wave and...
Algeria: Fasting month of Ramadan not slowing anti-government protests
Algiers, May 7, 2019 - Thousands of Algerian students joined the first rally of Ramadan on Tuesday, pressing on with...
Sahel: Mali PM forms new government
Bamako, May 6, 2019 (AFP) - Mali's president has named a new government after its predecessor resigned last month amid...
Libya: Despite the start of Ramadan, warlord Haftar maintains his destruction of Tripoli
Tripoli, May 6, 2019 - Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, who launched an offensive against Tripoli last month, has...
Libya: Fayez al-Sarraj to tour Europe to ask for support against warlord Haftar
Tripoli, May 6, 2019 - Libya's internationally recognised government said Monday its head Fayez al-Sarraj will tour...
Algeria: The events that led to the arrest of Saïd Bouteflika and two generals
Algeria: Military court detains Bouteflika brother and two former Intelligence chiefs
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: Three notorious figures of the Bouteflika regime, men who can easily be identified as...
Podcast: North Africa stability brief. Week ending 28 April 2019
MEA Risk's Arezki Daoud reviews the major political and security highlights that took place in North Africa for the...