Lina AbiRafeh: Morocco earthquake comes down harder on women
On 8 September 2023, Morocco was hit by a magnitude-6.8 earthquake — the most powerful earthquake the country has experienced...
Opinion
Emily Milliken & Giorgio Cafiero: What Algeria wants in Niger
Niger’s July 26 military coup, which ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, has created a volatile situation. While France and the Economic Community...
Niger Coup Deepens Africa’s Instability
The military coup that has taken place in Niger completes a band of malleable instability that now stretches from the...
Martin Jay: Biden’s smoke and mirrors with Algeria & Morocco
August is a month which found most government officials in Rabat on holiday away from the capital and its woes....
Faisal Al Yafai: Assad’s wait-and-see tactics will haunt him
Given the warm welcome Bashar Al Assad received at the Arab League just three months ago, one might have expected...
Kerry Boyd Anderson: Two years on after Afghanistan
Two years after the US and its allies withdrew from Afghanistan, partisan political views in Washington have hardened, while foreign...
Hazem Saghieh: the culture war in Lebanon
A cultural war, the likes of which the country has not seen since the mid-1970s, is raging in Lebanon. Youths...
Osama Al-Sharif: Time for Assad to embrace a solution to Syria crisis
The eruption of protests in two Syrian government-held provinces, Suwayda and Deraa, last week is threatening to get out of...
Sami Hamdi: Israel humours Morocco as Biden woos Algeria
Israel has scrambled to recognise Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara after suggestions that Rabat was considering reversing its normalisation of...
Haitham El-Zobaidi: What Tunisia needs…
What Tunisia needs, today and now, is an Emirati political decision to provide the type of support that stabilises the...
Khaled Abou Zahr: Is France losing Africa?
France’s relations in Africa have been strained. The setback in Niger jeopardizes the country’s entire positioning in West Africa, both...
Algeria’s Stance on Morocco’s Peace Appeals
Since the 1994 border closure between Morocco and Algeria due to a diplomatic crisis, Algeria has ignored Morocco's persistent calls...
Hafed Al-Ghwell: Illiberalism threatens Libya’s prospects
In a world roiling with turmoil and uncertainty, Libya finds itself precariously balanced between a fragile peace and looming chaos....
Baria Alamuddin: Sahel awash with coups and chaos
Hardly a single state across Africa’s vast Sahel region has escaped the curse of coups in recent years. With Niger...
Jean-Loup Samaan: Niger’s coup gives West terrorism dilemma
On July 26th, a group of Niger’s military officers announced the toppling of President Mohamed Bazoum and the suspension of the...
