May 22, 2017 | Algeria, Menas Associates
This is an excerpt from an article in the latest edition of Algeria Politics & Security. As Algeria Politics & Security – 12.05.17 explained, the official turnout figure for the 4 May elections was given as being 35.37% but — with approximately two...
May 19, 2017 | Menas Associates, Sahara
This is an excerpt from an article in this month’s Sahara Focus publication. Despite the military shortcomings, the fundamental problem in Mali, and the basis of its on-going crisis, is poor governance. An analysis of the public sector strikes that hit the...
May 17, 2017 | Libya, Menas Associates
This is an excerpt from an article in our weekly Libya Politics & Security publication. The Government of National Accord’s (GNA) Foreign Minister, Mohamed Tahar Siala, provoked uproar during the Algiers summit on 8 May when he told a press conference that he...
May 16, 2017 | Menas Associates, Nigeria
Following the failure so far of all the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) attempts to broker internal peace, party members are now set for a critical date. On 24 May, the Supreme Court will rule on the appeal filed by Ahmed Makarfi’s faction against the decision by the...
May 15, 2017 | Algeria, Menas Associates
This is an excerpt from an article in our weekly Algeria Politics & Security publication. The official Algerian election results show the FLN winning — although with 44 less seats than in 2012 — with the RND coming second with 32 more seats than in 2012. At the...
May 11, 2017 | Libya, Menas Associates
This is an excerpt from an article in our monthly Libya Focus publication. The head of the Presidency Council, Fayez Serraj and Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar met — for the first time since January 2016 — in Abu Dhabi on 2 May. The one-hour session came weeks after the...
