Vol 61 No 8 | MAURITANIA Ambition runs out of gas 16th April 2020 Like leaders across the region, President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is preoccupied with the fight to contain Covid-19, of which there have, so far, been seven confirmed cases and...
Vol 61 No 7 | EGYPTCOVID-19 Army steps up role 2nd April 2020 Egypt has been one of countries most severely affected in Africa, with cases approaching 1,000 and deaths nearing 50 as March came to an end. The first cases...
Vol 61 No 7 | ALGERIACOVID-19 Protests on pause 2nd April 2020 Algerians became accustomed to staying at home during the 1990s conflict between the state and radical Islam. The extent to which they are prepared to observe the lockdown...
Vol 61 No 7 | TUNISIACOVID-19 The spring unsprung 2nd April 2020 The fifth most infected country in Africa, Tunisia is also the only relative success story of the 2011 Arab Spring, but there are fears that the coronavirus could...
Vol 61 No 7 | LIBYACOVID-19 No coronavirus ceasefire 2nd April 2020 Unlike its neighbours, Libya reported no coronavirus cases before 24 March, a beneficial effect of the civil war restricting the movement of people and businesses in and out...
Vol 61 No 7 | MOROCCOCOVID-19 King takes charge 2nd April 2020 In the first week of Morocco's lockdown, King Mohammed VI ordered a show of force his late father King Hassan II would have approved, calling troops and tanks...
Vol 61 No 6 | EGYPTETHIOPIASUDAN Cairo and Addis split over dam 19th March 2020 Ethiopia has pulled out of US-hosted talks on the Blue Nile project as bitterness and mistrust grow Ethiopia is courting regional states and the African Union to bolster its diplomatic position after pulling out of United States-mediated talks on the filling and operations of the...
Vol 61 No 6 | MAURITANIA All is forgiven 19th March 2020 Nouakchott is abuzz with reports that ex-President Maaouiya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, deposed in a 2005 coup but now in poor health in exile in Qatar, may be on...
Vol 61 No 6 | LIBYA In search of an envoy 19th March 2020 The signs point to an African being appointed UN special envoy to Libya after the surprise resignation of Lebanese Ghassan Salamé on 2 March. On 10 March, the...
Vol 61 No 5 | TUNISIA Relief today, trouble ahead 5th March 2020 On his second attempt, President Saïed secured his chosen prime minister. But the new man’s tenuous coalition will be sorely tested Nearly five months after the 6 October general elections delivered a highly fractured parliament, Tunisia has a new coalition government. On 26 February, parliament approved Elyes Fakhfakh to...