Watch List 2018
Global Overview For Europeans who have chafed at the embrace of U.S. hyper-power, resented being relegated to the part of...
International Crisis Group 1
Jan 31, 2018
Seven Priorities for the African Union in 2018
What’s the issue? African Union leaders meet at the end of January for their bi-annual summit. Vital institutional and financial reform...
International Crisis Group 1
Jan 17, 2018
Stemming Tunisia’s Authoritarian Drift
What’s the issue? As the seventh anniversary of the 2011 Tunisian uprising approaches, the country is drifting back toward its old...
International Crisis Group 1
Jan 11, 2018
Journalists arrested to prevent coverage of Iraqi Kurdistan protests
After dozens of journalists were prevented from covering opposition protests in recent days in Iraqi Kurdistan and opposition TV...
Reporters without Borders 1
Jan 7, 2018
New Risks in Libya as Khalifa Haftar Dismisses UN-backed Accord
By Issandr El Amrani Tensions are rising in Libya after the de facto ruler of the country’s east, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, publicly...
International Crisis Group 1
Dec 21, 2017
Europe’s Chance in Africa
Two former colonial powers of the European Union, France and the United Kingdom, have long shaped the bloc’s approach to Africa. France...
International Crisis Group 1
Nov 28, 2017
Restoring UN Leadership of Libya’s Peace Process
Efforts to reunify Libya after six years of internal strife have drifted. Global and regional powers should seize the opportunity of a...
International Crisis Group 1
Sep 18, 2017
Stop Persecuting a Religious Minority
The arrest of Mohamed Fali, president of Algeria’s Ahmadiyya community on August 28, 2017, is the latest example of a crackdown on the...
Human Rights Watch
Sep 4, 2017
Middle East on a Roll to Repeal 'Marry the Rapist' Laws
In recent weeks, the Tunisian, Jordanian, and Lebanese parliaments have repealed provisions in their penal codes that allowed rapists to...
Human Rights Watch
Aug 24, 2017
Libya: Videos Capture Summary Executions
Forces loyal to the Libyan National Army (LNA) in eastern Libya appear to have executed captured fighters in Benghazi and desecrated...
Human Rights Watch
Aug 16, 2017
Tunisia Takes a Big Step to Protect Women From Abuse
By Lilia Blaise A hair salon in Tunis. A new law aimed at protecting Tunisian women has been lauded by human rights groups....
New York Times 1
Aug 1, 2017
How the Islamic State Rose, Fell and Could Rise Again in the Maghreb
The Islamic State (ISIS) is in sharp decline, but in its rout lie important lessons and lingering threats. This is true for the four...
International Crisis Group 1
Jul 24, 2017
