Jun 30, 2020 | Algeria, Menas Associates
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...
Jun 29, 2020 | Menas Associates, Nigeria
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...
Jun 26, 2020 | Mali, Menas Associates, Sahara
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...
Jun 25, 2020 | Menas Associates, 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...
Jun 23, 2020 | Menas Associates
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...
Jun 19, 2020 | Libya, Menas Associates
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...
