North Africa
AFRICA: Sahel faces insecurity, not terror, challenge
Mali, Mauritania and Niger have been the scene of a number of security incidents attributed to...
AfricaMOROCCO: Authorities scapegoat sub-Saharan migrants
Morocco's commitments to crack down on illegal migration are difficult to reconcile with the...
MoroccoPROSPECTS 2009: Al-Qaida recouping regional influence
Transnational Islamist terrorism is contained, but undefeated. Al-Qaida is reconstituting safe...
ARGENTINA/NORTH AFRICA: President seeks closer ties
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner arrived in Algeria yesterday at the start of a week-long...
North AfricaEU/MIDDLE EAST: Ministers shape 'Mediterranean Union'
Members of the 'Union for the Mediterranean' agreed on a base and rough structure for their...
Middle EastAFRICA: Europe sees promise in Saharan solar power
European Commission and African Union Commission officials will sign a new European-African...
AfricaGULF STATES: Investment in wider Middle East to deepen
During the current regional economic boom -- in contrast to the 1970s boom -- growth in...
Gulf StatesEU/MIDDLE EAST: Med Union gets cautious welcome
A Euro-Mediterranean summit was held in Paris on July 13 to revive the 'Barcelona Process'....
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