Vol 64 No 25 | MAURITANIAEUROPEAN UNION Cash for no influence 14th December 2023 A year after a handful of MEPs and European Parliament officials were arrested and €1.5 million in cash seized by police, the Qatargate 'cash-for-influence' scandal has also exposed...
Vol 64 No 25 | TUNISIA Parliament in chaos over anti-Israel law 4th December 2023 The President's inconsistency has dashed his hopes of bolstering his popularity by backing the Palestinian cause Tunisians of all political stripes have united in their thousands in protest at Israel's retaliatory war against Hamas in Gaza. Demonstrations have continued over much of the last...
Vol 64 No 23 | EGYPTEUROPEAN UNIONNORTH AFRICA Into the arms of Abdel Fattah el Sisi 6th November 2023 The likelihood that the Israel-Hamas war will trigger a refugee crisis has pushed Brussels to strike a migration deal with Cairo Fears that a full-scale ground invasion of Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces will create tens of thousands of refugees have prompted the European Union to reorganise its...
Vol 64 No 22 | LIBYAUNITED STATES Murky waters around Tobruk 2nd November 2023 Eyebrows have been raised in Washington DC by the lobbying contract filed in October between the Libyan House of Representatives, now based in Benghazi, and K-Street outfit Vogel...
Vol 64 No 21 | EGYPTEUROPEAN UNION Commission divided over Cairo 19th October 2023 Open divisions within the European Commission are emerging as President Ursula von der Leyen seeks to offer Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el Sisi a similar deal to her...
Vol 64 No 19 | LIBYA Foreigners swoop on Derna as politicians wash their hands 21st September 2023 The visit by Russia's Deputy Defence Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov to Benghazi on 16-17 September is seen by local pundits as another attempt by a foreign power to use...
Vol 64 No 19 | TUNISIA Heart of the migration storm 21st September 2023 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni continues to exert diplomatic pressure on Tunisia and Libya as the Italian island of Lampedusa continues to receive unprecedented numbers of migrants from...
Vol 64 No 19 | MOROCCO Worst earthquake for 120 years could unleash economic and political tremors 13th September 2023 IMF and World Bank annual meeting in quake-hit Marrakech likely to go ahead next month At least 2,900 people have been killed and 5,500 injured in Morocco's worst earthquake for 120 years, state television reported late on 12 September as anger was growing...
Vol 64 No 19 | LIBYAMIGRATION How militias police the Mediterranean for Europe 11th September 2023 Accused by the UN of heinous rights abuses, militias tied to Dubaiba and Haftar now run border control Militias linked to the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) and its erstwhile rivals in the Libyan National Army (LNA) led by General Khalifa Haftar have taken over...
Vol 64 No 17 | TUNISIA Saïed's new crank 24th August 2023 President Kais Saïed's decision to replace Najla Bouden, hailed two years earlier ago as the Arab World's first female prime minister, with 66-year-old Ahmed Hachani, a political novice...