Ukraine has a good reason to sabotage Russia’s operations around the world. They are at war. And so it is no surprise...
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Update: Dozens of Russian Militiamen Killed by Tuareg Rebels in Mali
Our colleagues of Mondafrique have released the following update. With its unmatched connections in the Sahel and West...
Africa’s Defense Shifting from Western to Russian Influence
Morocco severs diplomatic ties with Iran over Polisario support
Algeria’s 2017 defense spending down, still highest in Africa
Libya: Haftar seeks to degrade Chadian mercenaries in Southern Libya
Polisario clashes with tribesmen inside Tindouf camps
MEA Risk Brief: According to a security source, members of the security forces of the Sahrawi movement Polisario Front...
Algerian army loses two more soldiers in new attack, puts troops on high alert along Mali border
MEA Risk LLC: On 19 February, two Algerian soldiers were killed, and a third one was wounded after a roadside bomb...
Tunisia: Difficult Road to Stability
The North Africa Journal - February 13, 2018: Tunisia continues to face several pain points that the government is...
Algeria-Morocco: Algeria’s top diplomat starts new feud with Morocco
The North Africa Journal - November 3, 2017 - Algeria’s top diplomat, Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel has shown...
The Sahel about to be more militarized, as Russia looks for some action in Niger and Nigeria
Egypt: MEA Risk reports new spike in deaths in Egypt, as confrontations between security services and insurgent groups escalate
Video: Migrant crisis: How Italy is training Libyan coast guards
Africa: Nigeria halts all oil exploration in Borno as Boko Haram kills researchers and
The North Africa Journal: July 28, 2017: The Nigerian government is cancelling all exploration activity in northeast...
Libya: The unlikely return of peace with Haftar and Serraj in the driving seat
The North Africa Journal- July 27, 2017: By Arezki Daoud: Two Libyan leaders, UN-backed, Tripoli-based Prime Minister...
China focuses on its military footprint in Africa, setting stage for new rivalry with West
The North Africa Journal - July 13, 2017: While the United States is scaling back its international positions amid a...
Egypt: Militants challenge state of emergency, kill 23 soldiers in third attack this week
Mali: At least 30 dead in clashes between Tuareg groups in Kidal
The North Africa Journal- June 13, 2017: Threat tracking and assessment company MEA Risk says at least 30 Tuareg...
Libya: Shifting sands in the militia and insurgency movements
The North Africa Journal - June 12, 2017: Tracking and understanding the various militias and insurgent groups...
Libya/Egypt: Egyptian air strikes target Derna’s al-Jabilah neighborhood
Libya: Rival militias skirmish in several Tripoli neighborhoods
Morocco: Three IS suspects captured
Tunisia: Eight businessmen, two smugglers arrested in corruption crackdown
Mauritania: Nine dead in clashes between army and drug traffickers
Fresh violence in Egypt, 28 civilians and four security personnel killed in two days
Egypt: From military-insurgents confrontation, Sinai conflict shifts to civil war
The North Africa Journal - May 17, 2017: The crisis in the Sinai Peninsula is now spreading both geographically and in...
Global Affairs: Saudi power struggle could destabilize the entire Middle East
By Dr. Cyril Widdershoven*: Political instability in Saudi Arabia is growing as King Salman bin Abdulaziz begins to...
Social and labor unrest escalates in Tunisia as the government is running out of ideas
Over the past weekend, the Tunisian central government dismissed two senior provincial officials in the restive...
Despite economic hardship, defense spending in North Africa & Sahel on the rise
Libya: Five killed in LNA air strike
Nine Moroccan terror suspects caught in Italy and Spain
Tunisia refuses to repatriate women linked to IS in Libya
Algeria reinforces troops in southeast border, as crisis deepens in south Libya
Tunisia’s female Jihadists
Algeria: Ailing President appears on TV, but uncertainty persists
How the ban on electronics in US/UK bound flights serves two purposes: annoy travelers and reduce airline competition
Egypt: Russian troops in Egypt, near Libya border to help Haftar retake control of oil sites
Libya: Egypt claims AQIM participated in seizure of oil-rich town
New activity on the Western Sahara conflict, but no one knows where this is headed
Algeria: Massive weapons cache found near Niger border
Libya: LNA attempts to retake oil crescent area
France lends military support to Niger with 80 troops in north Niamey
