Deadly Attack on Corinthia Hotel: UN Reacts
The United Nations Security Council and participants in U.N.-sponsored peace talks for Libya condemned an attack Tuesday at a luxury hotel in Tripoli that killed at least nine people. A Security...
View ArticleEgypt: MEA Risk issues high-risk warning for March 11th to 16th
The Egyptian government, headed by the military is hoping to attract billions of foreign investor dollars to stimulate the country’s economy. After seeing the support of the Arab monarchies of the Gulf...
View ArticleOil Companies Reassessing their Investments in Tunisia
For weeks now rumors of major oil companies preparing to leave Tunisia have circulated in the central administration and in the media. There is no concrete information about many of such exits, but...
View ArticleDr. Cyril Widdershoven Joins MEA Risk to Drive Research and EMEA Business...
North Africa Journal’s sister company MEA Risk LLC announced the extension of its Senior Management team with Dr. Cyril Widdershoven joining MEA Risk as Senior Vice President for Research & EMEA...
View Article38 killed in attack on two tourist hotels in Sousse, Tunisia
Two armed men attacked two tourist hotels in the eastern city of Sousse, killing at least 38 Tunisians and foreign nationals and wounding 36 other people, according to the Ministry of Interior. The...
View ArticleBombing of Libya Looms as Neighboring States Seek to Seal the Borders and...
Fresh troop movements and unusual activity along the Algeria-Libya borders are clear indications of the potential for an imminent Western offensive in Libya, according to MEA Risk security trackers....
View ArticleLibya: Western troops confirmed on the ground in Libya
MEA Risk trackers are reporting that Libyan officials confirmed that a French combat squad comprised of 15 troops has been operating out of Benghazi’s Benina air base for more than 2 months, and have...
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Tunisia: Courts sentence ousted President Ben Ali and others in corruption cases
The North Africa Journal – March 6, 2017 – Former Tunisian strongman Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, currently exiled in and protected by Saudi Arabia, was handed over a 6-year jail term in absentia by a...
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Egypt: Mubarak walks free
The North Africa Journal – March 13, 2017 – After six years in luxury confinement, the Egyptian Prosecutor has ordered today the release of former President Hosni Mubarak, but kept him on travel ban...
View ArticleEgypt: Russian troops in Egypt, near Libya border to help Haftar retake...
The North Africa Journal – 14 March 2017 – An unidentified number of Russian troops is reported to have been deployed in an Egyptian airbase near the Libyan border. Various media outlets say the...
View ArticleEgypt: Death toll reaches 49, as government declares state of emergency
The North Africa Journal – April 10, 2017 – President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi declared a three-months state of emergency across the country following the two church attacks that left at least 49 dead. The...
View ArticleAlgerian army loses two more soldiers in new attack, puts troops on high...
MEA Risk LLC: On 19 February, two Algerian soldiers were killed, and a third one was wounded after a roadside bomb was detonated by suspected Islamic insurgents during the passage of a military convoy...
View ArticlePolisario clashes with tribesmen inside Tindouf camps
MEA Risk Brief: According to a security source, members of the security forces of the Sahrawi movement Polisario Front have clashed with Oulad Dim tribesmen inside the Sahrawi refugee camp of Tindouf...
View ArticleMali: Five killed as insurgents attack two villages in Koro
MEA Risk LLC: Five civilians were killed, and four others were wounded on 18 February….
View ArticleMorocco allegedly informs Algeria about possible military action in Western...
MEA Risk Brief: Morocco has reportedly informed Algeria, through an unidentified European ambassador to Algeria, that it is ready to intervene militarily if the “Polisario Front continues to refuse the...
View ArticleLibya: General Haftar suffers heart attack
MEA Risk Brief: April 10, 2018: The commander of the pro-eastern government Libyan National Army, General Khalifa Haftar, is reported to have suffered a heart attack. He has been transferred to Jordan...
View ArticleAlgeria: Arab migrants ‘missing’ after seeking shelter in Algeria, says UN
Geneva, Jan 3, 2019 (AFP) – The UN refugee agency Thursday voiced “concern” for the safety of 100 Arab citizens who went missing after seeking shelter in Algeria and others stranded at the border with...
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Libya in 2019: Podcast
In mid-December 2018, Arezki Daoud and Alessandro Bruno discussed the latest about Libya and what could happen in 2019. This is the audio version of the broadcast hosted on YouTube.
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Morocco complains to UN of Western Sahara truce violations
United Nations, United States, Jan 11, 2019 (AFP) – Morocco has accused Polisario Front fighters in Western Sahara of violating a ceasefire agreement, just weeks before an expected new round of talks...
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Egypt: Six suspected militants killed by police in Sohag
Cairo, Jan 12, 2019 (AFP) – Egyptian police killed six suspected Islamist militants in a shootout early Saturday in the country’s south, the interior ministry said. The clashes broke out during a...
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