France’s decades-long military presence in Africa is winding down as countries like Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire announce...
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Could Syria Avoid a Repeat of the Libyan Disaster: Opinion by Arezki Daoud
By Arezki Daoud: What is happening in Syria cannot leave us insensitive to the plight of the Syrian people, who have...
Sahel: Inside Chad’s Risky Alliance in Sudan’s Conflict
Chadian President Mahamat Déby’s support for Sudan’s Hemedti amid the Sudanese conflict has sparked tension at home,...
Sahel: Two French soldiers killed while rescuing foreign hostages in Burkina Faso
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...
Libya: Haftar’s army says it downed warplane, captured “foreign mercenary”
Tripoli, May 7, 2019 - Troops loyal to Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar said Tuesday they shot down a...
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...
Tunisian army kills high-profile insurgents near Sidi Ali Ben Oun
Tunis, May 5, 2019 - Tunisian security forces have killed three suspected jihadists from an Islamic State group...
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...
Libya: Lawmakers slam Haftar’s assault on Tripoli
Tripoli, May 2, 2019 (AFP) - Dozens of Libyan lawmakers supporting the internationally-recognised government on...
Libya: As killings of civilians continue in Tripoli, UAE uses “terrorism” to justify its support of warlord Haftar
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: There is no mystery as to who support warlord Haftar in his raids on the civilian populations...
Morocco: Trial of Jihadi suspects postponed
Salé, Morocco, May 2, 2019 - A Moroccan court adjourned on Thursday for two weeks the trial of two dozen suspects...
Libya: Fighting rages in Tripoli, death toll and population displacement increase
German Chancellor calls for unified European approach to conflicts in the Maghreb and Sahel
Ouagadougou, May 2, 2019 - Europe must adopt a common position to resolve the Libyan crisis, which has boosted unrest...
Algeria: Military uses Algeria-made drones for lethal purposes in anti-insurgency campaign near Tunisia border
Libya: Hundreds killed, scores wounded in Tripoli offensive
Espiaa, Libya, April 30, 2019 (By Simon Valmary) - Plumes of smoke rise from the plain south of Libya's capital as...
Moroccan Jihadists to go on trial for murder of Scandinavian hikers
Rabat, April 30, 2019 - By Hamza MEKOUAR - Two dozen suspects are set to go on trial in Morocco Thursday for offences...
Libya: Clashes at Sherrara oil field in Murzuk
Tripoli, April 29, 2019 - Fighting took place overnight at Libya's main oil field, the National Oil Company said on...
Europe’s rights court OKs first deportation from France of Algerian terror suspect to Algeria
Algeria: Former police chief General Hamel summoned by court in corruption case
Libya: Iranian ship boarded and searched at Libyan port
Tripoli, April 27, 2019 - An Iranian registered cargo ship was boarded and searched at Misrata port in western Libya,...
Libya: Migrants caught in the crossfire
Moroccan air force helicopter crashes in disputed Western Sahara
Algeria: Defense chief overshadows Interim President, takes center-stage in determining country’s future ($)
Libya: Tripoli’s “residential areas turning into battlefields”
Tunisia: Army kills member of the Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade, says MEA Risk
Libya: Death toll climbs, displacement accelerates in Tripoli
Morocco arrests seven terror suspects
Libya: France’s Libyan dillema
Algeria: The collapsing central state and the inevitable fall of the house of cards
Morocco: Arrest of suspect allegedly plotting terror attack on Spain
Libya: How the Internet and new media are worsening the crisis in Libya
Libya: Unity government issues arrest warrant for Haftar
Tripoli, April 18, 2019 (AFP) - Libya's unity government on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for strongman general...
Libya: UN envoys predicts doom in Libya
Libya: UN Security Council debates over ceasefire while Tripoli crumbles
Sahel: Boko Haram attacks military base in Bouhama, Chad
Libya: The battle for Tripoli rages on, 147 killed
Tripoli, April 15, 2019 - At least 147 people have been killed and 614 wounded in the offensive launched on April 4 by...
Cheering pro-democracy movements or supporting autocratic rulers: a reticent America
Libya: Thousands flee, population stranded inside conflict zone in Tripoli
April 12, 2019 - More than 8,000 people have fled fighting around Libya's capital, half of whom have been displaced...
Libya crisis update – 11 April 2019
Egypt: Teenage suicide bomber kills seven in Egypt
Cairo, April 9, 2019 - A teen suicide bomber killed four members of Egypt's security forces and three civilians...