Search results

Algeria will pursue stronger ties in the Sahel

Location:

ALGERIA

In February, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced that Algeria is planning free trade zones with Niger and Mali, despite increasingly volatile ties with the latter. That same…

Moroccan-Algerian competition will rise in the Sahel

Location:

MOROCCO/ALGERIA

MOROCCO/ALGERIA: Competition will rise in the Sahel

Algiers will be wary of dynamics in the south

Location:

ALGERIA

The region has nonetheless seen waves of protests and some inter-communal clashes and terrorism over the past decade and more. Moreover, there are strong grievances in the south…

Morocco will press on with its outreach to the Sahel

Location:

MOROCCO

During that meeting, discussions focused on a Moroccan proposal to grant these landlocked countries access to the Atlantic Ocean. The proposal hints at a transactional…

Morocco faces a low risk of major terrorist attacks

Location:

MOROCCO

Security campaigns suggest concerns about the possibility of domestic terrorism threats and the seeming desire of Moroccan hardliners to fight in the Sahel. Yet arrests also…

Deals with Iran highlight Mali's ‘pariah’ status

Location:

IRAN/MALI

IRAN/MALI: Agreements point to Mali's ‘pariah’ status

Troop withdrawals will hamper UN's Mali mission

Location:

MALI

MALI: Force withdrawals will hamper UN mission

Kidal will be test of the state's return to north Mali

Location:

MALI

Kidal's significance.

Government arrests point to Malian army’s ambitions

Location:

MALI

MALI: Government arrests point to army’s ambitions

Mali peace is slipping away

Location:

MALI

However, opposition political parties and former rebels, most prominently northern Mali’s main ex-rebel bloc, the Coordination of Movements of Azawad (CMA), refuse to participate…