Political Risk

Morocco's political reform progress, albeit not revolutionary, is certainly more impressive than any other by regional standards. The country has taken a lead on extending women's... 2007-01-29

Attention has been re-focused on the Algerian Islamist militants, the Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat (GSPC, Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat) who last year... 2007-01-26

Relations between Libya and the EU have become increasingly strained over the long-running controversial case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death for deliberately infecting... 2007-01-24

With parliamentary elections due to take place sometime in the autumn this year, and evidence that the Islamist-leaning Parti du Justice et Developpement (PJD) expected to display... 2007-01-05

Preliminary results from two separate polls held simultaneously on December 15 indicate a decline in support for the President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose allies appear to be trailing... 2006-12-19

While there have as yet been no claims of responsibility, the attack on a bus carrying foreign oil workers in Algiers is likely to have been carried out by Islamist militants, possibly... 2006-12-11

The controversy over the alleged ban on praying by staff at the national airline carrier Royal Air Maroc is a harbinger of things to come in the lead up to 2007 parliamentary elections... 2006-11-23

As the son of the leader Colonel Muammar Qadhafi, Seif al-Islam's departure from Libya has raised concerns with regards to the ailing reform process in the North African republic.... 2006-11-21

In October, the Tunisian authorities began to step up re-enforcement of a 1981 ban on the veil, with Foreign Minister Abdel Waheb Abdallah declaring that the religious dress 'inspired... 2006-11-06

While the recent crack down on Islamist groups may actually boost their support, we remain sanguine on the outlook for political stability. In particular, efforts to overhaul religious... 2006-11-01