By Mondafrique: The war in Gaza is forcing feuding States in the Middle East and in the Gulf to seek the path of...
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Western Sahara: Escalating Tensions Between Morocco and the SPLA
The North Africa Journal: With global attention focused on the Middle East and the Ukrainian crises, the Western...
Russia’s first African military base in a highly unstable nation
By Arezki Daoud: Since Russia started its war on Ukraine, we have been told that Moscow was headed towards disaster....
Can the Chad Reach and Maintain Regional Leadership?
The country of Chad does not want to be called “the Dead Heart of Africa” anymore. Although it is one of the world’s...
Governance in Tunisia: The Challenges of Restoring the Rule of Law
Now that Tunisia has managed to rebuild its government structures and a new constitution, how is it managing its...
North Mali Crisis: The Failure of the Algiers Talks
The fifth round of talks on peace in northern Mali ended in Algiers with nothing in favor of the northern populations....
Libya and its three Competing Power Centers
The recent appointment of General Khalifa Haftar as top military commander is an indication that many Libyans are...
Islamic States working to drag Egypt into multi-front confrontation, say MEA Risk
MEA Risk issued a brief note on what it expects Egypt's security outlook will be as a result of the killing of 21 of...
Islamic State says it is behind Corinthia hotel attack
Initial reports suggested three Libyan security guards were slain in the Corinthia Hotel assault while at least four...
Deadly Attack on Corinthia Hotel: UN Reacts
The United Nations Security Council and participants in U.N.-sponsored peace talks for Libya condemned an attack...
The Egyptian Government Signals Some Easing of an All-Out Repression Strategy
There are some tiny signals coming from Egypt that President Sissi and his government are looking to ease a few of the...
Death toll from Libya crises in 2014 exceeds 2,600 – 71% of the region’s casualties
The year 2014 ended with at least 3,771 fatalities from Critical Incidents in the Maghreb and Sahel zones, based on...
Maghreb MEA Risk Digest: Week Ending Jan. 18, 2015
The following review is a summary of Critical Incidents witnessed by MEA Risk Analysts and as reported in Critical...
Algeria’s Finances: 2015 Likely to be a Tough Year
Over the past years Algeria has enjoyed a steady stream of strong revenues. Oil money has been used partly to...
Libya Inches Toward Failed State Status, says MEA Risk
The collection of problems facing Libya today seems so insurmountable that it makes it a prime candidate for failed...
The Cost of Excessive Trade Regulation: How Tunisia is Losing Money
Tunisia suffers from the illegal trade of merchandise that reduces its potential for more state income. Most of...
Last French hostage Serge Lazarevic freed
French President François Hollande announced today the release of Serge Lazarevic. Kidnapped in Hombori (Mali) by al-...
Boko Haram Targets Niger, Panic in the East of the Country
Niger, the northern neighbor of Nigeria is now on the target list of the West African Islamist militant group Boko...
Tunisia’s Presidential Elections’ Outlook: Essebsi’s Almost Guaranteed Victory
MEA Risk says the first round of the Tunisian presidential elections turned out to be democratic, transparent, free,...
A Story of Gold, Misery and a Territory under Surveillance
Since April 2014, an unprecedented frenzy has taken shape in northern Niger. This state of tension came with the...
Egypt: The Extraordinary Tale of a Wholesale Death Sentence
The Egyptian regime is using some of the most severe tools of punishment to signal its Islamist foes that it means...
The Fall of Derna (Libya) to ISIS is not New
The international media, in particular CNN has focused a great deal of attention to the city of Derna in Eastern...
Despite quiet week, Mali faces unprecedented challenges
MEA Risk's Critical Incidents Tracker reports that despite a relatively quiet week (ending November 30th, 2014), the...
Crisis in Egypt Likely to Persist
Egypt is facing what Algeria faced in the 1990s. Nothing is working. The economy is in despair and a civil war is...
An Open Letter To The Israelis And Palestinians
I have been writing about your conflict for more than three decades. Invariably, I find myself delving into the same...
Israel: The Danger From Within
The nearly seven decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to overshadow the brewing conflict between the...
Libya’s Woes and Rivalries: a Divided Congress, the Militias and the Federalists
The North Africa Journal | Tension remains high in Libya. Factions with opposing ideologies and strong men at their...
Morocco-Algeria: Diplomatic Tension Escalates
Tension has been rising between Morocco and Algeria, over, yet again the disputed Western Sahara territory. This...
Morocco: the King’s Men Return to Power, Islamists Move to the Backseat
The coalition that formed the Moroccan cabinet since the electoral victory of the Islamist PJD party has been facing a...
The Case for Federalism
The prospect of stability and peace in North Africa, the Sahel and further into the Middle East and Sub-Sahara Africa...