Tunisia crisis: would the US cut IMF bailout?
Qatar's Al Jazeera network reports that Tunisia's President Kais Saied is in a pickle because of the jaundiced view NATO, the IMF and...
Declan Hayes
Shameless! Macron’s Non, Je Ne Regret Rien on French Algeria
French President Emmanuel Macron has given us his own version of Non, Je Ne Regret Rien. But, whereas the great Edith Piaf’s...
The farce of Libya’s NATO imposed democracy
The Guardian newspaper, which was one of the main cheerleaders for the war to overthrow Gaddafi’s secular Libya state, is crying...
Mauritania gets high speed internet, but at a cost
Good news, it seems, for Mauritania’s web surfers as the World Bank has recently announced that fibre broadband will soon be theirs. In...
Declan Hayes: Algeria in NATO’s Cross Hairs
Although Algeria is raking in huge profits thanks to surging energy prices, not all of those profits can be put...
Crucial Western Sahara-Palestine Link
Disputed Western Sahara is entirely bounded by Mauritania on its southern and eastern flanks, Algeria borders a piece of its north east...
Declan Hayes: Could Tunisia become the next Libya?
Concerns about the low turnout in and the outcome of Tunisia's recent elections miss the mark. Although not even 9%...
Analysis: West Africa’s Oil, Gas and Renewables Bonanza
Meetings scheduled for London this month and for Mauritania later this year indicate that the Maghreb’s energy sector and, by...
SpringTime for Arab Movies?
With Mauritania's Nouakchott being chosen as the capital of culture in the Islamic world for 2023, now is a good...
Review: The Mauritanian
Mauritanian citizen Mohamedou Ould Slahi was held without trial for 14 years and 2 months in the bowels of Guantanamo...
