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The UAE’s propaganda war against the Libyan government
The self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) and its allies attempted to re-take Gharyan — a city in north western Libya — in a new offensive on 26 August, although so far their opponents have been able to resist by relying on ground forces re-deployed from southern...
Buhari’s Niger Delta strategy
Buhari's Niger Delta policy may stoke militancy activity in the region President Muhammadu Buhari’s latest ministerial appointees are set to make the Niger Delta states — Nigeria’s oil rich southern region — a political battlefield. Ministers from the region include:...
Revamping Morocco’s development model
Following his 29 July throne day speech — in which he highlighted the failings of previous development programmes — King Mohamed VI reiterated his calls for a new development model for the Kingdom in a subsequent speech on 20 August commemorating the 66th Anniversary...
Latest predictions from Sahara Focus
German Ambassador Dietrich Becker’s long overdue outspoken warning not to invest in Mali because of its corruption might persuade other international partners to take a tougher line with the Malian government and make it realise that it is its own worst enemy. As it...
Changes in Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Hossein Salami, the new commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps It’s no secret that Washington’s current antagonism towards Iran — along with its unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — has empowered harder-line elements...
The Algerian peoples’ revolution is re-energised
In spite of distractions from Eid el-Adha and the summer holidays, both the 9 August mass demonstration and the weekly student demonstration of 13 August have sent powerful messages to the regime and to Algeria as a whole. The mere fact that they took place — in a...
Africa Oil & Gas Outlook 2019 Report
Menas Associates has recently produced the Africa Oil & Gas Outlook Report 2019 for Africa Oil Week — the continent’s largest and most important annual oil conference — which will be held in Cape Town on 4-8 November. You can download the report here. The report...
Salamé lays out a new three-point plan to resolve the conflict in Libya
Ghassan Salame briefs UNSC on Libya's current crisis There has been a drastic shift in the demeanour of UN Special Envoy Ghassan Salamé in the last few weeks. The stoic diplomat — who has survived terrorist attacks in Baghdad in 2003 and Beirut in 2005 — has been...
Buhari’s ministerial appointees are approved by the Senate
Five months after his re-election, President Muhammadu Buhari sent a list of 43 ministerial nominees to the Senate which has since approved them Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari sent a list of 43 ministerial appointees to the Senate on 23 July containing only 14...
Latest predictions from Morocco Focus
Unrest in Laâyoune in Western Sahara is a reminder of resentment in the region (Source: Al Jazeera) The recent passing of the Education Reform Law will bring much-needed benefits to Morocco’s education system. However, articles that are related to the teaching of...
