Vol 63 No 18 | LIBYA Bashagha bloodied in Tripoli battle 2nd September 2022 Forces loyal to Tripoli-based premier Dubaiba have tightened their grip on the capital after another failed effort to capture the city Heavy clashes between rival militias in Tripoli over the weekend of 26/27 August underlined the intractability of the conflict between the two main political protagonists, while cl...
Vol 63 No 17 | ALGERIA Macron's multi-purpose stopover 25th August 2022 French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Algiers on 25-26 August will be about more than gas deals. Paris may not be in as bad odour among Algeria's traditional nationalist lead...
Vol 63 No 17 | MOROCCOUNITED NATIONSWESTERN SAHARA Rabat and Algiers cross swords over UN role 11th August 2022 Western Sahara remains in limbo while the two states tussling over it step up guerrilla diplomacy The latest skirmishes in the long-running struggle between Morocco and Algeria over Western Sahara have drawn in the UN as they exchange fire over allegations of impropriety by the...
Vol 63 No 16 | EGYPTMALIUNITED NATIONS Egypt adds to Minusma's misery 4th August 2022 Egypt plans to withdraw its combat convoy units from the Mission multidimensionnelle intégrée des Nations unies pour la stabilisation au Mali (Minusma) UN peacekeeping force in Mal...
Vol 63 No 16 | LIBYA Dubaiba woos UAE and Haftar with about-turn on oil 26th July 2022 Dubaiba tries to end embargo and undercut his eastern-based rival Bashagha by naming Bengdara as the new state oil chief The latest arena of conflict between the country's two opposing governments is the crucial position of head of the National Oil Company (NOC). A complex political game between the ...
Vol 63 No 14 | TUNISIA Saïed ratchets up the autocracy 7th July 2022 Oppositionists are divided on how to respond to the President’s proposed authoritarian constitution With less than three weeks before a referendum to decide on President Kais Saïed's new constitution, political parties and civil society are rejecting it as a gateway to unbri...
Vol 63 No 14 | MOROCCOSPAINEUROPEAN UNION Death at the border 7th July 2022 The death of over 25 migrants on 24 June after more than 2,000 people tried to jump the fence separating the enclave of Melilla and Nador, in northern Morocco, has prompted a furio...
Vol 63 No 13 | LIBYA Plan mooted to settle east-west split 23rd June 2022 The country is back to rule by two governments – but support is growing for devolution instead of the stalled international push for national elections Libya looks more divided than at any time since the 2011 revolution. It boasts one government in Tripoli ruling the west, and another in Sirte which is recognised in the east &ndas...
Vol 63 No 9 | ALGERIAMOROCCORUSSIA Navigating through the fog of cold war 28th April 2022 Only one national cause defines policy in Algiers and Rabat – and it isn't Ukraine For Algeria and its ally, the Polisario Front, as for their bitter rival Morocco, a 'national cause' remains their main preoccupation. For Algeria it is independence of the Saharan...
Vol 63 No 8 | TUNISIA United by dissolution 14th April 2022 Dozens of parliamentarians have been hauled in for questioning since last week's online parliamentary session that voted to rescind President Kaïs Saïed's rule by decree....