Mauritania to investigate former president over alleged abuse of power
The vice-Speaker of the Mauritanian National Assembly, Hamadi Ould Meimou, has announced the setting up of a parliamentary commission to look into the management of…
janvier 2020
Tunisia: Post-Election Poll Shows Bump in Optimism but Continued Distrust of Government
The International Republican Institute’s (IRI) Center for Insights in Survey Research (CISR) nationwide poll of Tunisia reveals a relative increase in optimism for the country’s…
The impact of the obstetrical risk insurance scheme in Mauritania on maternal healthcare utilization: a propensity score matching analysis
In Mauritania, obstetrical risk insurance (ORI) has been progressively implemented at the health district level since 2002 and was available in 25% of public healthcare…
Morocco’s infrastructural investment gap is hitting rural areas hardest
As Africa’s sixth-largest economy, with a GDP per capita of just over $3,000, Morocco is certainly no economic minnow. Although growth has slowed of late,…
Morocco: Report highlights inequities caused by increased privatisation of education
New research commissioned by Education International warns against the rampant privatisation of Moroccan schools, stressing that it has not improved learning outcomes, but has created…
Morocco: Silencing the Last Dissenting Voices
They are not political figures, professional journalists or activists, but mostly just ordinary Moroccans: young secondary school students, aspiring singers, shopkeepers or among the unemployed….
France must reckon with its dark history in Algeria. It’s not too late.
It took France more than half a century to start owning up to its collaboration in the Holocaust during World War II. In 1995, President…
Tunisia Looks to Reset with the West
In the September-October 2019 elections, Tunisian voters chose to punish the ruling government coalition and reward a fresh crop of political actors. The new president,…
Depression takes a heavy toll on Libyans
A mix of positive feelings had overwhelmed Mohammed al-Johany when he awoke to the news that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had been toppled in 2011….
Algeria: Post Election Repression
The Algerian authorities continue to arbitrarily arrest and prosecute activists from the pro-democracy movement « Hirak » despite the president’s promise to initiate a dialogue with the…