By Arezki Daoud: What is happening in Syria cannot leave us insensitive to the plight of the Syrian people, who have...
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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,...
The US Africa Policy: Don’t Expect Anything New
Africa has been a low priority for virtually all US administrations, be they republicans or democrats. It is true that...
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
Fierce fighting continued over the last two days and overnight on the outskirts of Tripoli between the Khalifa...
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
In its first mention on using drones for lethal purposes, the Algerian Ministry of Defense said it used unmanned...
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
Strasbourg, France, April 29, 2019 - Europe's top rights court on Monday said France could proceed with the expulsion...
Algeria: Former police chief General Hamel summoned by court in corruption case
Algiers, April 28, 2019 - A former Algerian police chief once considered a pillar of the regime of ousted president...
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
Tripoli, April 26, 2019 - Migrants and refugees have been shot and wounded in a detention centre south of Tripoli as...
Moroccan air force helicopter crashes in disputed Western Sahara
Rabat, April 26, 2019 - A Moroccan air force helicopter crashed Friday in the disputed Western Sahara, killing two...
Algeria: Defense chief overshadows Interim President, takes center-stage in determining country’s future ($)
The political crisis in Algeria intensified this week with the judiciary taking exceptional steps to investigate and...
Libya: Tripoli’s “residential areas turning into battlefields”
Tripoli, April 25, 2019 - Intensified fighting for control of the Libyan capital is turning residential areas of...
Tunisia: Army kills member of the Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade, says MEA Risk
MEA Risk LLC reports that the Tunisian military killed an insurgent known as Usama al-Salmi on 23 April. He was killed...
Libya: Death toll climbs, displacement accelerates in Tripoli
Tripoli, April 23, 2019 - At least 264 people have been killed and 1,266 wounded, including civilians, in an...
Morocco arrests seven terror suspects
Rabat, April 23, 2019 (AFP) - Moroccan authorities said Tuesday they have arrested seven suspected jihadists with...
Libya: France’s Libyan dillema
Tripoli, April 22, 2019 - Libya's unity government has bitterly criticised France for its stand in the offensive on...
Algeria: The collapsing central state and the inevitable fall of the house of cards
By Arezki Daoud - 18 April 2019: A remnant of the Bouteflika regime, Tayeb Belaiz had the decency this week to resign...
Morocco: Arrest of suspect allegedly plotting terror attack on Spain
Madrid, April 17, 2019 (AFP) - Police have arrested a suspect in Morocco allegedly preparing a jihadist attack on...
Libya: How the Internet and new media are worsening the crisis in Libya
Tripoli, April 18, 2019 - On Libya's front lines, fighters often hold a gun in one hand and a smartphone in the other,...
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
Tripoli, April 18, 2019 - The UN's Libya envoy warned Thursday of "a widening conflagration" in the North African...
Libya: UN Security Council debates over ceasefire while Tripoli crumbles
Tripoli, April 17, 2019 - The death toll from rocket fire on the Libyan capital Tripoli, blamed by the UN-recognised...
Sahel: Boko Haram attacks military base in Bouhama, Chad
N'Djamena, April 15, 2019 - Fighting between Chad soldiers and Boko Haram jihadists killed dozens, including 63...
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
Washington, April 12, 2019 - The United States initially cheered on the Arab Spring but as fresh popular uprisings...
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
Tripoli, April 11, 2019 - By Rim Taher and Imed Lamloum - The UN chief warned Libya is on the brink of "a very...
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...
The Libyan crisis and Rome’s immigration nightmare
Rome, April 11, 2019 - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte warned Thursday that the deteriorating situation in...