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 nat...
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 politi...
Vol 64 No 16 | TUNISIAEUROPEAN UNION Bang to rights 3rd August 2023 Confusion abounds about the legal basis for the 'cash for migrant control' agreement between the European Commission and President Kaïs Saïed .
Vol 64 No 15 | MOROCCOEUROPEAN UNION Brussels stays on the hook 20th July 2023 The first test of EU-Morocco relations following the Qatargate corruption scandal suggests that Brussels is as keen as before to partner with Rabat. The European Commission confirm...
Vol 64 No 15 | TUNISIA Saïed wins €1 billion windfall in EU migration deal 18th July 2023 EU officials signed a €1bn pact with Tunis, establishing a new model for outsourcing migration control to the region's authoritarian regimes The European Union signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tunis on 16 July, promising around €1 billion to the beleaguered economy while handing a de facto political lifeli...
Vol 64 No 14 | LIBYARUSSIA All quiet on the Wagner front 6th July 2023 The Kremlin's mercenaries are still key to Khalifa Haftar's military strength but he has no interest in stirring up yet more trouble The current hiatus in Libya's civil war means any effects on the Wagner Group's Libyan operations from the crisis in Russia would have been hard to spot. The mercenaries remain the...
Vol 64 No 14 | LIBYACHINA Cave-in hits bitcoin miners 6th July 2023 Up to 60 Chinese nationals, along with an undisclosed number of Libyans, were arrested in western Libya last month when police discovered major illegal Bitcoin-mining operations.
Vol 64 No 13 | TUNISIA Brussels deal rescues Saïed 23rd June 2023 The European Union has been accused of hypocrisy for showering Tunis with money in exchange for strict emigration controls European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen – flanked by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his counterpart Giorgia Meloni of Italy – swept up the steps of the ...
Vol 64 No 11 | EGYPT Cairo's gas export boom hits obstacles 24th May 2023 With Europe's sanctions on Russian gas, Cairo has been boosting LNG exports to fill the gap but questions are mounting about sustainability Increased revenue from exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have been a rare bright spot in Egypt's otherwise dismal economic performance over the past two years. The government ...
Vol 64 No 7 | LIBYAEUROPEAN UNION Coastguard in the dock 30th March 2023 European Union backing for Libyan authorities who stop and detain migrants means the bloc has 'aided and abetted' rights violations against migrants, according to Chaloka Beyani, t...