North Africa’s Security
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Russia-Africa: From weapon sales to economic ties
By Arezki Daoud: Has the war in Ukraine deter Russia from engagement in Africa? Certainly not! We know on the security front, a growing number of African states are turning to Russia to supply them with military equipment and security services, judging by the...
SECURITY & DEFENSE
Libya: Migrants caught in the crossfire
Tripoli, April 26, 2019 - Migrants and refugees have been shot and wounded in a detention centre south of Tripoli as Libyan fighters battle for control of the capital, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Friday. Clashes between Libya's Tripoli-based unity government...
Moroccan air force helicopter crashes in disputed Western Sahara
Rabat, April 26, 2019 - A Moroccan air force helicopter crashed Friday in the disputed Western Sahara, killing two crew members, state news agency MAP reported. One other person on board was lightly injured in the crash, a military source told MAP, adding that a...
Algeria: Defense chief overshadows Interim President, takes center-stage in determining country’s future ($)
The political crisis in Algeria intensified this week with the judiciary taking exceptional steps to investigate and arrest several political and business leaders. For many leaders of the protest movement, the arrests appear to be a witch hunt that is motivated by a...
Libya: Tripoli’s “residential areas turning into battlefields”
Tripoli, April 25, 2019 - Intensified fighting for control of the Libyan capital is turning residential areas of Tripoli into "battlefields", the International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday. "The humanitarian situation in and around Tripoli has deteriorated...
Tunisia: Army kills member of the Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade, says MEA Risk
MEA Risk LLC reports that the Tunisian military killed an insurgent known as Usama al-Salmi on 23 April. He was killed during a confrontation with him and other members of the group in Kef. The identity of al-Salmi was confirmed by legal authorities after his body...
Libya: Death toll climbs, displacement accelerates in Tripoli
Tripoli, April 23, 2019 - At least 264 people have been killed and 1,266 wounded, including civilians, in an offensive by military strongman Khalifa Haftar to seize Libya's capital Tripoli, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. The UN agency called on Twitter...
Morocco arrests seven terror suspects
Rabat, April 23, 2019 (AFP) - Moroccan authorities said Tuesday they have arrested seven suspected jihadists with links to the Islamic State group. The suspects, aged between 22 and 28, were "supporters" of IS and suspected of planning "terrorist acts", the central...
Libya: France’s Libyan dillema
Tripoli, April 22, 2019 - Libya's unity government has bitterly criticised France for its stand in the offensive on Tripoli by the forces of Khalifa Haftar, accusing Paris at least tacitly of backing the military strongman. Last week, unity government interior...
Algeria: The collapsing central state and the inevitable fall of the house of cards
By Arezki Daoud - 18 April 2019: A remnant of the Bouteflika regime, Tayeb Belaiz had the decency this week to resign under the intense pressure from the streets. He is just one card of the many that form this very fragile house of cards that is the Algerian...
Morocco: Arrest of suspect allegedly plotting terror attack on Spain
Madrid, April 17, 2019 (AFP) - Police have arrested a suspect in Morocco allegedly preparing a jihadist attack on Seville, the southern Spanish city known for its Holy Week processions, Spain's interior ministry said Wednesday. The intelligence and police services of...
INSURGENCIES & TERRORISM
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