Country Risk Rating

Morocco has banned the international edition of French news magazine L'Express, claiming that articles exploring the link between Christianity and Islam are insulting to the latter.... 2008-11-12

Despite Algeria's oil wealth, a lack of job opportunities continues to drive migration by young people to Europe. The latter's tight controls on immigration (which could increase... 2008-11-12

Tunisia's short-term political risk rating has risen this month, thanks to an improved score in the social stability category (60.0, up from 57.5). This is due to an improved inflation... 2008-11-12

Rioting and fighting has spread from southern Libya to the second city of Benghazi, and has so far left 11 people dead, according to reports in London-based Al-Sharq al-Awsat. The... 2008-11-12

Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif arrived in Tunisia on October 22 for a visit aimed at boosting diplomatic and economic ties between the two countries. Nazif was due to hold talks... 2008-10-24

According to local news reports, three Algerian men currently facing trial in the southern province of Ouargla have admitted to planning attacks on oil and gas pipelines. The pipeline... 2008-10-23

In mid-October, Libya released a high-profile political dissident, jailed in 2007 for trying to hold a demonstration in Tripoli. Idris Boufayed was charged with attempting to overthrow... 2008-10-23

In a bid to increase the number of women in Moroccan politics, the interior ministry has announced plans to offer financial incentives to the parties that field the most female candidates... 2008-10-23

A recent seminar in Tunis tackled the issue of what the organisers, the Liberal Social Party, described as the rise in Islamist extremism in television broadcasting. The Qatar-based... 2008-09-26

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Libya as part of a tour of North Africa in early September. The visit, and her meeting with Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi, marked another... 2008-09-26