Shield and Alert: Maghreb Bound

Libya is back in the news again, and it is not good news. At the center of it all, once again, are the two types of power struggles we are witnessing. On the one hand, there is a permanent conflict between Libya's rival governments, and on the other hand, there is an...

By Arezki Daoud: If you were born in 1990, you are now 34 years old. This means in 2011 you just turned 21 and unless you were born interested in global politics, you probably don’t even know who Muamar Gaddafi is.  Let me give you a two-to three-minute background....

Algeria is making progress in convincing Niger and Nigeria to go ahead with the construction of the trans-Saharan gas pipeline. Two events emerged recently that created uncertainty and risk for this project. The shift from the Mohamed Bezzoum regime to the military...

King Mohammed VI is celebrating 25 years on the throne. The event was celebrated nationwide in Morocco, and in a give-and-take moment, the King receiving a massive gift from France and gave back the freedom to some journalists and activists who have been in prison....