Opinion

Invisible Infrastructure Underpinning Morocco's World Cup Development Drive

As Morocco gets ready to co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup, headlines laud the continent's first super-speed train

The cranes are rising, but the real action is happening behind the scenes… in Morocco’s markets.

The curious case of U.S. migrants and Libya

There is a Chinese phrase ‘May you live in interesting times’, which I recently found out is not really a

The importance of our natural world

Truly the word ‘veteran’ can be applied to the film maker and international respected conservationist, Sir David Attenborough. His is

The long goodbye: The fading fortunes of the Polisario Front

The Polisario Front, once a credible national liberation movement, is increasingly marginalized on the global stage. Its decades-long struggle for

How migration is impacting European politics

Across Europe, but not exclusively Europe, anti-migrant politicians and parties continue to make great strides electorally. The recent German elections,

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

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

Libya’s Fiscal Fiction

Fixing Libya’s economy will require undoing the racket, not cosmetic consensus  Libya’s economy is in free fall, and

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

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

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