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...
Apr 21, 2017 | Menas Associates, Sahara
Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has received a major political rebuff at home. Having bulldozed highly controversial constitutional reforms through parliament — thanks to the support of his own party and a boycott by the opposition parties — they were...
Mar 21, 2017 | Menas Associates, Sahara
An official statement from the Moroccan government in late February said that the Kingdom was withdrawing its troops from the Guerguerat section — in Western Sahara’s south west territory approximately 11 kilometres from the border with Mauritania — of the UN Western...
Jan 17, 2017 | Menas Associates, Sahara
As we reported in the last issue of Sahara Focus (SF1216), the Forum on Peace and Security in Africa, held in Dakar on 5 December, ended amidst as much bitterness as there was harmony. Delegates from Niger, especially, made it very clear that the Western military...
Dec 20, 2016 | Menas Associates, Sahara
All the signs are that Ansar al-Din under its leader, Iyad Ag Ghali, is taking greater military control over much of Kidal. Its attacks on Tuareg armed groups, notably Groupe autodéfense touareg Imghad et allies (GATIA), appear to be increasing, as do its efforts...
Nov 22, 2016 | Algeria, East Africa, Libya, Menas Associates, Mozambique, Nigeria, Press Release, Sahara, South Africa, West Africa
The 19th Africa Energy Forum to welcome Africa’s power sector leaders to Denmark in June 2017 The 19th Annual Africa Energy Forum (AEF) has been announced to take place from 7-9 June in Copenhagen. The decision to host the Forum in Denmark was made in order to...
