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Tunisia: Political crisis intensifies as President suspends parliament and dismisses Prime Minister
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Libya’s normalization efforts at an impasse
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Maghreb: Tension likely to rise in Maghreb after Morocco announced US military exercises to take place in Western Sahara
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Sahel: Ridicule over Mali’s military regime and threat of sanctions prompt junta to announce upcoming “broad-based” government
Mali's interim government is set to form a new "broad-based" cabinet, the presidency said on Friday, amid growing...
Morocco: Growing bad blood with Europe over the disputed Western Sahara
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Chad: More smokes and mirrors in N’Djamena as military junta announces transition government
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Libya: UAE recognizes new interim government. Likely end-of-the-road for warlord Haftar
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Libya: Foreign reps flock to Tripoli as country reopens
The prime ministers of Italy and Greece on Tuesday joined a growing number of foreign leaders visiting Libya as it...
Algeria: Hirak movement strengthens, Algerians confirm disconnect with regime
[Photo by Le Mating]- Thousands protested in Algiers Friday to demand press freedom and judicial independence, as the...
Libya: Transition continues with new government taking over western Libya’s structures
Libya's Fayez al-Sarraj, outgoing head of the western-based Government of National Accord, formally handed over power...
Libya has a unity government, looks for return to stability
By Hamza Mekouar - Libya's parliament on Wednesday approved a unity government to lead the war-ravaged North African...
Algerians take back their streets, reaffirm illegitimacy of Tebboune regime
By Abdelhafid Daamache - Thousands marched in Algeria's capital and other cities Monday to mark the second...
Libya: The new leaders have less than one year to normalize Libya
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Tunisia: Death of protester in Sousse reignites unrest as PM proposes new cabinet
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Western Sahara: How Trump’s madness could undermine Morocco’s claim over the Western Sahara
By Arezki Daoud: Anger in the United States against disgraced American president Donald Trump has reached its peak....
Sahel: France signals willingness to allow talks with Jihadists in the Sahel
France could back talks with some jihadist elements in Africa's restive Sahel region, a source in President Emmanuel...
Sahel: Mali is now a military dictatorship
Hopes that soldiers behind Mali's coup would swiftly restore civilian rule and tackle jihadism and ethnic violence are...
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Ten years since the intoxicating early days of Tunisia's revolution, dreams for a better future lie crushed, and in...
Morocco recognizes Israel in exchange for Trump’s backing on the Western Sahara crisis
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Algeria: Purge of former regime operatives continues
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Algeria’s president Tebboune still missing in action: power vacuum in the making
A month after Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune was hospitalised in Germany and tested positive for coronavirus,...
The unfinished Arab spring: buckle up for the next round
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The Western Sahara conflict reignites
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Libyans looking for an end to their conflict. Will foreign meddlers allow them?
The UN launched talks among Libyans on Monday aimed at creating a unity government and preparing for elections to...
Libya: Tenuous ceasefire in Libya as foreign meddlers ponder what to do next
Libya's two warring factions signed a "permanent" ceasefire agreement on Friday after five days of talks at the United...
Egypt: After Trump turned a blind eye to Sisi’s abuses, will US Democrats be as tolerant?
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Prosecutors say ex French Prez Sarkozy was involved in criminal conspiracy, took money from Libya’s Muamar Gaddafi
French prosecutors said Friday that they had slapped criminal conspiracy charges on former president Nicolas Sarkozy...
Podcast: One more election in Algeria and a highly compromised economic outlook
In this episode, Arezki Daoud of MEA Risk LLC and Editor of the North Africa Journal revisits Algeria after the most...
Libya: Under US pressure, version 2.0 of the UN Mission in Libya will have a ‘Special Envoy’ and a ‘Coordinator.’ As if that matters!
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution Tuesday under pressure from the United States endorsing a change in...
Mali: North and central Mali remain tense while Bamako struggles to recover from coup
Timbuktu, Mali, Sept 14, 2020 - Malian army lieutenant Abdoul Kadri leads a patrol through the bustling streets of the...
Mali: Military junta wants to appoint its own president
Experts appointed by Mali's military junta on Friday proposed a two-year transitional government led by a president...
Mali: Uncertainty looms about Mali’s political future
Bamako, Aug 31, 2020 - Conflict-riven Mali is at a crucial crossroads two weeks after a military junta took power in a...
The Algerian regime now sends poets to prison
The Algerian regime is gripped by fear that the anti-government Hirak movement reignites. Mass arrests have...
Mali crisis not getting better: ECOWAS wants return to civilian rule, junta wants to stay
Niamey, Aug 28, 2020 - West African countries on Friday insisted on a return to civilian rule in Mali, where rebel...
Libya: Warlord Haftar not on board with ceasefire, wants war to continue
Benghazi, Libya, Aug 24, 2020 - A spokesman for eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar has slammed a ceasefire...
Breaking: Libyan rivals reach agreement on ceasefire and elections
Tripoli, Aug 21, 2020 - Libya's warring rival governments announced in separate statements Friday that they would...
Mali: While Mali people want their President out for incompetence, world leaders run to his rescue
Coup leaders in Mali faced a wave of international pressure on Wednesday, a day after they forced out a president...