Feb 7, 2019 | Algeria, Menas Associates
Algeria’s cocaine coast: a 300 kg shipment of cocaine was recovered by the coast guard near Skikda in January Besides the current state of limbo — as Algeria waits for confirmation about whether the ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will run for a fifth term...
Feb 7, 2019 | Iran, Menas Associates
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has become a political football for Iranian policy makers The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental entity that promotes international anti-money laundering (AML) efforts and counter-terrorism financing...
Feb 7, 2019 | Menas Associates, Sahara
MINUSMA peacekeeping troops are one part of the military response to the Sahel’s political and socioeconomic problems As 2019 gets underway, the risks for most Sahel countries point to further deterioration in political instability, insecurity and increasing...
Feb 7, 2019 | Menas Associates, Morocco
The reopening of the case against prominent leader of the Parti de la justice et du développement (PJD), Abdelali Hamidine (above), is one of a series of scandals that is rocking the ruling party The ruling Parti de la justice et du développement (PJD) is undergoing...
Jan 16, 2019 | Menas Associates, Nigeria
Nigerian military rejoice after capturing parts of the town of Baga, Borno State, from the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction of Boko Haram The Nigerian military has launched several successful attacks against terrorist positions in the country’s...
Jan 14, 2019 | Libya, Menas Associates
Libyan militias not aligned to Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army are facing legal and political pressure The 2 January decision by the Prosecutor General’s Office in Tripoli to issue arrest warrants for Abdelhakim Belhadj, Ibrahim...
