Leaders from West African countries that are members of the Accra Initiative met with European partners in Accra on November 22 for talks on “homegrown” ways to prevent jihadist conflict in the Sahel threatening to “engulf” countries on the Gulf of Guinea. The Accra Initiative is a cooperative and collaborative security mechanism between seven West […]
As 2012 is drawing to a close, The North Africa Post deemed it timely to reflect upon some of the major events that happened over the past twelve months in North Africa, as the region is still at grips with the aftermath of the Arab Spring. In Morocco, the year began with the appointment, for […]
Following a meeting of its security council, Algeria took another self-defeating measure in a series of economic warfare measures against its western neighbout by banning its banks from engaging in financing any imports that engage in transit or transshipment in Moroccan ports. The hostile decision adds to the halt of the gas supply to Morocco […]
