Egypt
Women’s football gains ground in Egypt
Once sidelined in Egypt’s male-dominated football scene, women are finally stepping into the spotlight. In 2024, a historic milestone
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Protesting in solidarity with Palestine still counts for something
Today life expectancy in Gaza is 40 years and six months. In 2023 life expectancy in Gaza was 75 years
Opinion
Why pardoning prisoners says a lot about a society
I always marvel at the month of Ramadan, not that I have ever spent 30 days fasting or reflecting in
Opinion
Libya’s Fiscal Fiction
Fixing Libya’s economy will require undoing the racket, not cosmetic consensus Libya’s economy is in free fall, and
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Fifteen years on from the Arab Spring
Whatever happened to the Arab Spring? It began in Tunisia in 2010 and seems to be ending there fifteen years
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Is Algeria becoming more antagonistic across the Maghreb?
Many observers and analysts believe that Morocco and Algeria are closer to actual war that at any time over the
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U.S. support for Morocco further strengthened after FM Bourita’s visit this week
It was a week of diplomatic contrasts for the Maghreb. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio welcomed Morocco’s
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Giorgia Meloni’s migration policy encounters rough seas
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has staked much of her political capital on controlling migration from North Africa. Her
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Do tariffs work?
Who is next for a Trump tariff? Well, it appears that we know the answer for now at least. It
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New Trade Order: Maghreb's Losers & Stragglers in Trump's Tariff War
By Gavin Serkin If there are no winners in a trade war, there are certainly least losers. As the smoke
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Can tourism become a victim of its own success?
There is no understating the importance of tourism to many developed and developing economies. Ever since the cost of holidays
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Prolonged drought, flash flooding – the climate change contradictions impacting the Maghreb and Mediterranean
Short, heavy rainfall is typical across the Mediterranean, and to some degree the Maghreb too, but like many of the
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France’s declining influence across the Sahel
The exodus from the International Organisation of La Francophonie continues apace. This week we learned that Mali has withdrawn from