North Africa’s Security
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Sahel: Burkina Faso ratchets up war effort with new army units and taxes for voluntary militia
The North Africa Journal - The new year began in earnest in Burkina Faso, with fresh efforts from the government to create new units and tackle funding for volunteer militiamen. The country has been facing a devastating insurgency and has a military junta that appears...
SECURITY & DEFENSE
Libya: Rival militias skirmish in several Tripoli neighborhoods
Armed clashes between rival militias were reported throughout the Tripoli neighborhoods of bu Salim, Hai Damscus, Al-Hadba, Salah Eddine, Hai Akhwakh, Hai Nasir and Bab Ben Ghashir on 26 May. Security sources revealed that a shell fell on the HQ of the Libyan branch...
Morocco: Three IS suspects captured
The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ) has dismantled an Islamic State-tied terror cell active in Nador, Driouch and Martil on 26 May. Three suspects were captured on charges of manufacturing homemade bombs and contacting IS operatives in the Middle-East.
Tunisia: Eight businessmen, two smugglers arrested in corruption crackdown
Eight businessmen were arrested in a nationwide crackdown on contraband smuggling and corruption in Tunisia. The businessmen are Mongi Ben Rebah, Kamel Ben Ghoulem Fradj, Chafik Jarraya, Yassine Channoufi, Nejib Ben Ismail, Ali Krioui, Helel Ben Messaoud Bchar and...
Mauritania: Nine dead in clashes between army and drug traffickers
Near Zouerat, in Northern Mauritania, nine drug traffickers and contraband smugglers were killed in a violent skirmish against the army, according to security sources. At least four troops were also wounded.
Fresh violence in Egypt, 28 civilians and four security personnel killed in two days
The North Africa Journal- May 26, 2017: Using automatic weapons, attackers opened fire on two buses traveling to the Saint Samuel Monastery in Minya, killing 28 Christian worshipers and wounding dozens. The attackers fled the scene. The buses were targeted by masked...
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 terms of its scope. Analysts at MEA Risk LLC say that while the conflict has been concentrating on the northeast corner of the region, specifically...
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 overhaul the Saudi government, putting a long list of family members into positions of influence while increasing the power of his son, Deputy Crown...
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 Tataouine province located in the southeast, near the Libyan border. In the capital, Prime Minister Chahed also fired his finance and education ministers,...
Despite economic hardship, defense spending in North Africa & Sahel on the rise
The North Africa Journal | April 27, 2017: Despite severe economic performances affecting the countries’ revenues, North Africa, including the Sahel, witnessed an increase in military expenditure in 2016, growing 2.2% to US$ 21.264 billion versus 2015. The...
Libya: Five killed in LNA air strike
The North Africa Journal | April 26, 2017: At least five people were killed, and seven others were wounded in air strikes targeting the central prison and headquarter of the joint security room of Sebha, both of which are Islamist footholds.
INSURGENCIES & TERRORISM
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