Around 20 people in east-central Burkina Faso have been killed in attacks by suspected jihadists, sources said on...
Terrorism Bound
Algeria says army officer killed in clash with Islamists
An Algerian army officer has been killed in a clash with suspected Islamists during an operation southwest of the...
Tunisia: Five killed in terror attack on Jewish community in Djerba
Tunisia: Difficult Road to Stability
The North Africa Journal - February 13, 2018: Tunisia continues to face several pain points that the government is...
The Jihadists are back
The North Africa Journal - 22 November, 2017: Although authorities have so far been able to contain the militant...
As Algeria ups its defensive capabilities, North Africa braces for an influx of new insurgents
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...
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: Rival militias skirmish in several Tripoli neighborhoods
Morocco: Three IS suspects captured
Fresh violence in Egypt, 28 civilians and four security personnel killed in two days
Explosive social unrest across the Maghreb region
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...
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
Egypt: Death toll reaches 49, as government declares state of emergency
The North Africa Journal - April 10, 2017 - President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi declared a three-months state of emergency...
Egypt’s troubles escalate as terrorism undermines any recovery
The North Africa Journal - April 9, 2017 - At least 36 people were killed today (April 9, 2017) in two attacks against...
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
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
Algeria: Police foil suicide attack in Constantine
The North Africa Journal: February 27, 2917: A suicide attack targeting a police station in Bab el-Kantara, in the...
Outlook: Yet another cycle of uncertainty for the region
As the armed forces and security services manage to control, to a certain extent, the terror threat, the Greater North...
Instability in North Africa and Sahel claims over 8,500 deaths in 2016. MEA Risk expects 2017 to be another crisis year
Moscow’s possible lifting of arms embargo on Libya could trigger new violence, setback to Western interests
The North Africa Journal | Jan. 10, 2017 | Hakim Briki: For the period of January 02 to 08, 2017, there were 30...
Tunisia braces for return of militants from war zones, while at odds with Germany over deportation of Berlin attack perpetrator
January 10, 2017 | The North Africa Journal | By Hakim Briki | UN data suggests that some 4,000 Tunisian nationals are...
Morocco sustains counter-terror campaign, as Prime Minister struggles to set up new cabinet
January 10, 2017: The North Africa Journal: By Hakim Briki: The CIA has warned a number of countries, including...
French military presence in Africa unlikely to change post 2017 presidential elections
January 2017: Despite a deadly year of terror in France, partly tied to the country’s involvement in major conflict...
Egypt: Explosion in Maadi, Cairo, several injured
An explosion apparently from a grenade thrown by an attacker was reported on Sunday evening on the Autostrad road near...
Turkey maintains pressure on Islamic State in and out of its territory
Battling on various fronts, Turkey is also facing an aggressive Islam State, which has been responsible for many...
Morocco remains a moderate risk country, seeks to contain militant groups
Morocco faces a moderate level of security risk, placing it as an intermediate risk country. Indeed the Kingdom faces...
Libya: Dire Situation for Civilians in Benghazi
Mali: Ansar Dine claims kidnapping of Red Cross staffers
Libya: UK Air service to intervene in Sirte in upcoming weeks
As counter-terror campaign intensifies in Algeria, Libya’s weapons making their way into the country
In the first four months of 2016, the Algerian army has killed 31 Islamist insurgents, and captured 33 others...