Vol 58 No 20 | MOROCCOWESTERN SAHARAEUROPEAN UNION Game of names 6th October 2017 African leaders meet their European Union counterparts in Abidjan in late November with migration and increased European investment certain to dominate the agenda. However, an unlikely sideshow has...
Vol 58 No 19 | EGYPT El Sisi marshals his allies 22nd September 2017 The President is calming the nerves of supporters in parliament who fear a new election is too risky The approach of Egypt's presidential elections, which are scheduled for April 2018, revealed a split among supporters of President Abdel Fattah el Sisi in the House of Representatives,...
Vol 58 No 17 | ALGERIA The state stays captured 25th August 2017 The end of Tebboune's short premiership underlines who holds real influence in Algiers and could mark a deeper shift in the power structure A respected senior technocrat who dared to take on the 'oligarchs' making huge fortunes in alliance with the head of state and his family has met his political...
Vol 58 No 17 | MAURITANIA Abdel Aziz way 25th August 2017 President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has secured a 'Yes' vote in a referendum on abolishing the upper chamber of the country's parliament and changing the national flag. It...
Vol 58 No 17 | LIBYAITALYEUROPEAN UNION All at sea over migration 9th August 2017 A row over a deal between Rome and Tripoli to police the Mediterranean points to deepening divisions on migration in Africa and Europe An Italian operation backing efforts by the Libyan coastguard to intercept ships carrying migrants across the Mediterranean risks widening the political fight between the country's rival factions in...
Vol 58 No 12 | LIBYA States of failure 9th June 2017 Foreign supporters of the factions locked in civil war are falling out as the fighting intensifies and solutions are as distant as ever Fighting between General Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA) and its rivals has been increasing, while Da'ish (Islamic State) proves that it remains a potent force, despite suffering...
Vol 58 No 12 | MOROCCO Rif in revolt 9th June 2017 Rebellion is stirring once more in the northern Rif region, regardless of King Mohammed VI's efforts to pacify the area with big infrastructural investment, such as the Tanger-Med...
Vol 58 No 10 | ALGERIA Polls provide no answers 12th May 2017 Election apathy and crony capitalism remain untouched by Algeria's latest brush with democracy Many of Algeria's décideurs – those who hold the reins of power – are relieved that France's presidential election saw a younger generation of establishment candidates defeat their...
Vol 58 No 7 | MOROCCO Bye bye Benkirane 31st March 2017 With the Prime Minister now out of government, the Palace has won an important round in its battle with the Islamists For now, King Mohammed VI's much anticipated move to replace Abdelilah Benkirane as Prime Minister seems to have ended a deep political crisis that lasted nearly six months....
Vol 58 No 6 | LIBYA Squaring the triangle 17th March 2017 Momentum is building behind General Haftar but the UN-supported government in Tripoli still has strong advocates International support for General Khalifa Haftar and his Libyan National Army (LNA), based in the east, is growing beyond his core base of external supporters of Egypt, Russia...