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Energy Minister Abdelmajid Attar’s appointment is the highlight of Algeria’s cabinet reshuffle
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced a major cabinet reshuffle on 23 June, the first since he took office six months ago. We believe that it has more to do with economics than politics, with both the appointment of ministers and the creation of new...
Governors wrest control of Nigeria’s ruling APC from Bola Ahmed Tinubu
President Muhammadu Buhari helped pull his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party back from the edge of descending into total chaos after he backed one faction of the party and forced the dissolution of its National Working Committee (NWC). This action has...
Mali facing political crisis as calls for IBK’s resignation mount
Mali is facing an unprecedented — and some might say long overdue — political crisis. June witnessed two massive demonstrations in Bamako, numbering tens of thousands of people, demanding the resignation of 75-year-old President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK). Exactly...
Increased calls for voting to be mandatory in Morocco
With political attentions becoming increasingly focused on the forthcoming legislative and local elections of 2021, there have been renewed calls for voting to be made compulsory. Such calls are nothing new because demands for mandatory voting have repeatedly...
Will Israel’s annexation of parts of the West Bank go-ahead?
The Trump Administration Peace Plan, released in January 2020, has paved the way for an Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank. Prime Minister Netanyahu declared that annexation will officially begin on 1 July 2020. With days before this deadline, it is time to...
Libya’s civil war: what happens next?
The Libyan Arab Armed Forces’ (LAAF) withdrawal from western Libya has redrawn the fault lines of Libya’s conflict. It has emboldened the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) which, with Turkish backing, will push hard to extend its area of...
Sonatrach’s CEO, Toufik Hakkar, appears to be under threat
According to Algérie Part and key Facebook pages, Sonatrach’s CEO, Toufik Hakkar, feels that his job is under threat and is doing everything possible to get rid of senior managers who could undermine his position. Given the regularity with which the regime removes...
Iranian influence in Iraq
Over the past decade, Iraq has been Iran’s most significant regional ally. Analysts believe that Major-General Qasem Soleimani — the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force who was assassinated by the US on 3 January 2020 — played an...
Crisis in Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)
Besides the latest family feud at the Presidential Villa, which is now receiving widespread international media coverage, another is also developed as President Muhammadu Buhari’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party starts preparing for the Edo State...
Arab League publicly supports Libya’s GNA
The Arab League’s Assistant Secretary-General, Hossam Zaki, recently affirmed on Egyptian TV that Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) is the ‘accredited government for the Arab League, the African Union and the United Nations.’ This statement from a senior...
