Vol 60 No 17 | MOROCCO Divorce Moroccan-style 30th August 2019 Rumours of problems in King Mohammed VI (M6)'s marriage to Princess Lalla Salma (née Bennani) have persisted for years and the couple are now separated after 17 years, altho...
Vol 60 No 16 | LIBYA Proxies battle over Tripoli 9th August 2019 There's a stalemate on the ground while each side's foreign supporters use high-tech weaponry to try to change the strategic balance As the campaign of Benghazi-based strongman Khalifa Haftar to take Tripoli slows down, foreign powers are putting more and more resources into the fight, including armed drones and... READ FOR FREE
Vol 60 No 16 | TUNISIA New faces, old enmities 9th August 2019 Candidates are lining up for the first round of presidential poll now scheduled for 15 September. The smart money is on Defence Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi to succeed President Béji ...
Vol 60 No 15 | EGYPT Sisi's Sinai stalemate 26th July 2019 The temporary cancellation of flights to Cairo by major airlines on security grounds this month and the handing over of El Arish port to the military are reminders that the Islamis...
Vol 60 No 14 | MOROCCOEUROPEAN UNION Lobbying pays off for Bourita 12th July 2019 Rabat’s charm offensive on Brussels has been bearing fruit, as the EU offers deals during the Foreign Minister’s red-carpet visit Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita had plenty of reasons to be cheerful after getting the red-carpet treatment from the European Union during his late-June visit. Morocco's foreign mi...
Vol 60 No 14 | LIBYA Air strikes risk escalation 5th July 2019 Bombings in support of Haftar's army not only killed detained African would-be migrants but increased the prospects of ever-greater foreign involvement When Libya's eastern military strongman, General Khalifa Haftar, launched his offensive to capture Tripoli on 4 April, he hoped for a blitzkrieg. What he got was a battle of attrit...
Vol 60 No 13 | MAURITANIA Ghazouani’s modest mandate 28th June 2019 Ex-President Abdel Aziz has smoothly slipped his placeman into his old job while a reinvigorated opposition failed and the world turned away Opposition leaders were left with much to ponder after the 22 June presidential election handed Mohamed Ould Cheikh el Ghazouani outright victory on the first ballot with 52% of th...
Vol 60 No 13 | TUNISIA Nobbling Nabil 28th June 2019 The establishment has taken fright at popular new politicians, and is trying to kill off genuine challenges to the president and ruling party A political class absorbed by the painfully long run-up to parliamentary elections on 6 October and the presidential poll on 17 November has suddenly found itself with a surprise o...
Vol 60 No 13 | ALGERIA Rounding up unusual suspects 28th June 2019 Once, four-time premier Ahmed Ouyahia was seen as a possible successor to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Likewise, Boutef's campaign manager and ex-premier Abdelmalek Sellal. With...
Vol 60 No 12 | MAURITANIA Unchanging of the guard 14th June 2019 Mohamed Ould Cheikh el Ghazouani has reason to be confident as he approaches presidential elections on 22 June. An ally of retiring President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, the Defence M...
