By Camille Laffont: At the edge of an oasis almost engulfed by the dunes, where the rare caravan still passes, is a...
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Podcast: Latest big geopolitical issues affecting North Africa as of 10 June 2023
This podcast focuses on the latest key issues affecting North Africa as of 10 June 2023. NAJ's Editor, Arezki Daoud,...
African space tech? Don’t rule it out, says Nigeria’s startup king
By Joseph Boyle: Iyinoluwa Aboyeji might not have the personal wealth of Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg, but his level...
The seeds of future crises: More troubles for Egypt’s poor
Wandering Cairo's bustling streets, Zeinab was struggling to survive by selling tissues when the coronavirus left her...
Mali: Inside the June 5 Movement
Bamako, July 17, 2020 - Mali's protest movement against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has triggered the war-torn...
African researchers looking for their own ways to fight viruses
[Photo: Moelcular biologist Christian Happi]: "Strong people don't put others down -- they lift them up." So says the...
Portrait: Reflections on Omar Himmi of Toubkal, Morocco, by Yossef Ben-Meir
By Yossef Ben-Meir* : Recently, I had a moment of self-reflection brought about by the passing of someone who made a...
France’s massive challenges in the Sahel
France is increasingly optimistic about the effectiveness of its anti-jihadist campaign in the Sahel, but experts...
Testimonials: Migrants’ nightmares in Libya
Onboard the Ocean Viking, June 29, 2020 - Libya lies behind and Europe ahead though the mist -- rescued migrants can...
Tunisia: Why the Tataouine region struggles with unrest
Tataouine, Tunisia, June 26, 2020 - In the southernmost Tunisian town of Tataouine, being young often means being...
Defense: Debate in Algeria over sending troops abroad
By Abdellah Cheballah - Could Algeria soon send troops from its army, the pillar of the regime, to join peace-keeping...
Egypt: Female social media influencers under attack
Cairo, June 11, 2020 (By Bassem Aboualabass) - Young Egyptian women with thousands of followers each on the popular...
Will Covid-19 mark the end of kissing and hugging in the Mediterranean?
May 28, 2020 (By Isabelle Ligner and Isabelle Wesselingh, photo: Anastasia Vityukova) - To greet friends and...
Algeria: The return of the Saharan cheetah to the Hoggar Mountains
Algiers, May 20, 2020 - Naturalists in Algeria have filmed a Saharan cheetah, a subspecies listed as critically...
Tunisia: Tourism sector loses over $2 billion with no sign of recovery
Tunis, May 18, 2020 - As the novel coronavirus pandemic wipes out a recovery from jihadist attacks in 2015, Tunisia's...
Tunisia: A Tunisian initiative to identify potential Covid-19 carriers
Tunis, April 17, 2020 - Tunisian engineers have created a web-based platform that scans lung X-rays and evaluates...
Morocco: People helping people in time of pandemic
Casablanca, Morocco, April 12, 2020 - A small van zips through the streets of Casablanca to deliver food to single...
Egypt: Looming social unrest
Cairo, April 8, 2020 (By Farid Farid) - Haggard and dishevelled from the stress of making ends meet, day labourers...
Nigeria: Refugee camps in Nigeria facing a new enemy
Maiduguri, Nigeria, April 3, 2020 (By Audu Abba Kurama and Aminu Abubakar in Kano) - Men and women cluster around...
Egypt: Cairo’s green lung razed for roads to new desert capital
Cairo, Feb 11, 2020 - By By Hager Harabech and Farid Farid: In the traffic-choked megacity of Cairo, the historic...
Sahel: Insurgency and criminal activity in the Sahel
Criminal activities such as arms and drug trafficking are crucial to the survival of jihadist groups in the Sahel,...
Sahel: Mali President facing unprecedented public backlash
Bamako, Oct 23, 2019 (By Amaury Hauchard and Serge Daniel) - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has few strong...
Libya: Despite war, city of Tripoli to have its bus service for first time in three decades
Tripoli, Oct 15, 2019 - Parked in a hangar in downtown Tripoli, some 35 buses awaited this week's launch of a new...
Inside the Moroccan cannabis business: local marijuana being replaced by hybrid varieties
Ketama, Morocco, Oct 10, 2019 - Morocco's rugged Rif Mountains have long been renowned for their cannabis but...
Libya: As the war for Tripoli drags on, the Libyan capital is in disarray
Tripoli, Oct 3, 2019 - Faraj al-Doukali hastened to unload the dozens of rubbish bags from his van onto a sidewalk...
Sahel: France wants to drag Europe into a conflict with no endgame
France has begun asking its European partners to send special forces to Mali and other Sahel nations in Africa, to...
Algeria: Purge in the military could undermine Algeria’s defensive effectiveness
Mass arrests have taken place in the ranks of the Algerian military in recent weeks, reliable sources said. Senior and...
Tunisia prepares for elections
Tunis, Sept 4, 2019 - Rushing to register candidates and train poll workers, Tunisia's electoral commission has raced...
Legmi, Tunisia’s coveted date palm drink
By Anaelle De Araujo: As soon as the sun is up, people in southern Tunisia rush out to buy a glass or bottle of legmi,...
Podcast: Algeria’s political transition update as of 18 June 2019
In this podcast, Arezki Daoud of MEA Risk and The North Africa Journal provides an update on the state of the stalled...
Egypt: Fallout of President Morsi’s death
Egypt's Morsi likely 'more popular' after death Cairo, June 19, 2019 (By Aziz El Massassi) - Unpopular in power and...
Morocco: UN warns of over-urbanising Morocco’s coastline
Mohammedia, Morocco, June 17, 2019 - Beneath an apartment block that looms over Monica beach in the western coastal...
Algeria: complete political and economic freeze, regime has no creative ideas to get out of the chaos
Opinion by Arezki Daoud | June 4, 2019: The man in charge by default in Algeria, army chief General Gaid Salah, gave...
Libya: NOC warns of possible collapse of oil production amid intensifying civil war
Tripoli, June 3, 2019 - The head of Libya's National Oil Company warned Monday against a "collapse in production"...
Libya: Haftar troops unable to capture Tripoli, more violence ahead
Al-Swani, Libya, June 3, 2019 - As meat sizzled on a barbeque in a Tripoli suburb, Libyan fighters defending the...
Libya’s power sector: collateral damage of the civil war
Tripoli, May 31, 2019 | By Nawas Al-Darraji: Precariously perched 50 metres up an electricity pylon providing power to...
Algeria: Late rights activist Fekhar, victim of a ruthless regime, in his own words
The Algeria human rights activist and medical doctor, Kamel Eddine Fekhar speaks in this interview (in Algerian) of...
Chaos and insecurity in the Sahel
May 25, 2019 - Jihadists are scoring gains in the Sahel, defying efforts by five countries in the fragile region to...
The aggressive meddling of UAE and Saudi rulers in other countries’ affairs
May 24, 2019 - Turkey and Qatar risk losing geopolitical influence due to turmoil in Libya and Sudan, as regional...
Algeria: How General Gaid Salah has become the main obstacle in the stability of Algeria
Hear this article or download the MP3 file here General Gaid Salah is now the direct target of the popular movement....
France’s Total to get Anadarko Africa’s assets: What are the challenges ahead?
The takeover of Anadarko by Occidental paves the way for France's Total to acquire Anadarko assets and projects in...
Deadlock in the Algerian crisis: the general vs. the people
The past days in Algeria were characterized by a continuation of the showdown between the anti-government protest...
Libya: How Tripoli residents cope with Haftar’s incessant attacks
Tripoli, May 16, 2019 (By Rim Taher) - Peering through the gate of a home in the western suburbs of Libya's war-torn...