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New issue of Maghrebi Week out now!

🇹🇳 Tunisia suspends another NGO
🇩🇿 Algeria tones down Morocco’s Western Sahara win
🇮🇶 Iraq plans disarmament ahead of full U.S. withdrawal

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November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Martin Jay: Sanctions backfire and the West pays the price maghrebi.org/2025/11/10/m...
Martin Jay: Sanctions backfire and the West pays the price
Does anyone really believe that Trump’s sanctions strategy has any merit when the West ends up punishing its own workers?
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November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Carlos Lopes: Why Africa matters at COP30 maghrebi.org/2025/11/07/c...
Carlos Lopes: Why Africa matters at COP30
Developing economies must plan and propel the green transition at the upcoming United Nations COP30. And Africa is no exception.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Joaquin Flores: EU leaders gamble with the Union’s future maghrebi.org/2025/11/06/j...
Joaquin Flores: EU leaders gamble with the Union’s future
Europe's leaders now face a stark choice forced by its disastrous war policy against Russia: either allow the EU to successfully move toward a
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November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Martin Jay: Why Russia moving closer to Morocco is a win-win maghrebi.org/2025/11/04/m...
Martin Jay: Why Russia moving closer to Morocco is a win-win
Finally, Russia has pulled a rabbit out of the hat and offered Morocco a supporting vote on the Sahara, hedging their bets in the region
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November 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Dario Cristiani: Haftar’s succession and Türkiye’s rise in Libya maghrebi.org/2025/11/05/d...
Dario Cristiani: Haftar’s succession and Türkiye’s rise in Libya
Libya remains split between the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity and the eastern administration backed by Khalifa Haftar’s forces.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Dr. Majid Rafizadeh: Building a Middle East-Africa growth axis maghrebi.org/2025/10/27/d...
Dr. Majid Rafizadeh: Building a Middle East-Africa growth axis
In recent years, Gulf states have increasingly sought to diversify their investments beyond the Middle East, eyeing promising opportunities
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October 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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October 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Martin Jay: Gaza’s so-called ceasefire masks ongoing suffering maghrebi.org/2025/10/23/m...
Martin Jay: Gaza’s so-called ceasefire masks ongoing suffering
How’s Gaza's so-called ceasefire holding up? You might be forgiven for thinking that it is anything but a ceasefire but more of an illusion
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October 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Intissar Fakir: North Africa’s experiment in tactical diplomacy maghrebi.org/2025/10/23/i...
Intissar Fakir: North Africa’s experiment in tactical diplomacy
North African states are reshaping their diplomacy by turning long-standing relationships into new sources of leverage, using migration flows
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October 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Rare earth tensions ignite U.S-China trade clash maghrebi.org/2025/10/15/r...
Rare earth tensions ignite U.S-China trade clash
China sought to reassert control of the trade narrative on October 13, calling on the U.S to reverse its latest tariff warning as both sides
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October 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Martin Jay: Tomahawk talk is cheap and Putin knows it maghrebi.org/2025/10/16/m...
Martin Jay: Tomahawk talk is cheap and Putin knows it
The Tomahawk subject is proving to be very effective at stirring up a hornet’s nest of speculation about Trump’s ties to Putin,
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October 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Hafed Al-Ghwell: North Africa in the new era of global trade maghrebi.org/2025/10/14/h...
Hafed Al-Ghwell: North Africa in the new era of global trade
North Africa is undergoing a quiet yet profound economic realignment. The region, traditionally a crossroads of civilizations, is swiftly
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October 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Intissar Fakir: Moroccan youth lose faith in government maghrebi.org/2025/10/10/i...
Intissar Fakir: Moroccan youth lose faith in government
Hundreds of Moroccan youth are protesting across 11 cities since September 27 under the banner “GenZ 212,” demanding action on failing
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October 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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October 14, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Martin Jay: The mirage of Trump’s Gaza peace plan maghrebi.org/2025/10/07/m...
Martin Jay: The mirage of Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Trump's peace plan is vague in many areas, as the proposal itself looks as though it was cobbled together at the last minute. Many would argue
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October 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Dalia Ghanem: North Africa's scramble for the Sahel maghrebi.org/2025/10/06/d...
Dalia Ghanem: North Africa's scramble for the Sahel
The Sahel is no longer a chessboard on which the struggles between the West and Russia play out. More importantly, North Africa's Algeria and
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October 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Sareen Malik: Africa’s future runs on water, treat it as essential maghrebi.org/2025/09/26/s...
Sareen Malik: Africa’s future runs on water, treat it as essential
Africa’s crises rarely begin with politics alone. They often start with water — too little, too dirty, or unfairly shared. Droughts push
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October 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Dan Jones: Kalashnikovs, coups, and foreign powers in the Sahel maghrebi.org/2025/09/25/d...
Dan Jones: Kalashnikovs, Coups, and Foreign Powers in the Sahel
The Sahel today is the frontline of a foreign contest stretching from the Red Sea to the Atlantic. It’s a place where non-state actors
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October 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Ziyad Motala: The West’s hollow recognition of Palestine maghrebi.org/2025/09/24/z...
Ziyad Motala: The West’s hollow recognition of Palestine
On 21 September 2025, Britain, Canada, and Australia announced their recognition of Palestine as a state. The announcement was trumpeted as
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September 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Dan Jones: Kalashnikovs, coups, and foreign powers in the Sahel maghrebi.org/2025/09/25/d...
Dan Jones: Kalashnikovs, Coups, and Foreign Powers in the Sahel
The Sahel today is the frontline of a foreign contest stretching from the Red Sea to the Atlantic. It’s a place where non-state actors
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September 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Martin Jay: Trump’s attack on satire is no laughing matter maghrebi.org/2025/09/23/m...
Martin Jay: Trump’s attack on satire is no laughing matter
Remarkably, the attack on satire, is a real wake-up call which shows just what a farcical democracy America really is. Satire, traditionally,
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September 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Khaled Abou Zahr: End of Francafrique calls for new EU-Africa plan maghrebi.org/2025/09/22/k...
Khaled Abou Zahr: End of Francafrique calls for new EU Africa plan
In “The Sun Always Rises,” Ernest Hemingway wrote: “How did you go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” The end of Francafrique
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September 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Bruno Waterfield: suppressing debate is eroding our democracy maghrebi.org/2025/09/17/b...
Bruno Waterfield: suppressing debate is eroding our democracy
From a free speech activist assassinated in America to a Jewish conductor cancelled in Flanders, the suppressing of ideas is eroding our
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September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM