Posted on Wed, January 16, 2013 at 18:08 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Malian President Addresses Diplomatic Corps on Northern Mali

Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure followed his annual formal New Year,s greeting to the diplomatic corps with a lengthy private discourse on the problems he is facing in the north of Mali… Continue reading

Topics: Maghreb • Mali • Security and Defense • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sat, April 7, 2012 at 18:46 pm CEST
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After the Arab Spring, Salafists are Moving Closer to Changing the Face of the Maghreb

Now the initial euphoria about the Arab revolts has subsided, it’s clear the ‘Arab Spring’ will not bring a liberal, secular, Western (or Islamic) model of democracy to the Arab world… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab World • Crethi Plethi • Democracy • Islamism • Maghreb • Mauritania • Religion • Salafism 
Posted on Sat, February 18, 2012 at 00:48 am CET
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From Magharebia: Mauritanian President Rates Sahel Security

The security vacuum in northern Mali endangers the entire Sahel region, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz warns… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Maghreb • Mali • Mauritania • Security and Defense 
Posted on Wed, September 28, 2011 at 21:21 pm CEST
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FM Hamady Ould Hamady Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

Organized crime, such as kidnapping, terrorism and drug, weapon and human trafficking, had been expanding for many years in the Sahara region… Continue reading

Topics: Mauritania • United Nations 
Posted on Fri, January 7, 2011 at 19:30 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: U.S. Requests Sahel Surveillance Flights

Algerian government slow to respond to signals intelligence overflight permission for areas of Mauritania and Mali where al-Qaida operates. The move is part of… Continue reading

Topics: Algeria • Mali • Mauritania • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Wed, January 5, 2011 at 18:40 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Algeria New U.S. Ally against al-Qaida in Islamic Maghreb

Algeria’s government was badly shaken by al-Qaida bombings three years ago as the terrorist organisation opened a new front in north Africa and the country’s “sclerotic and suspicious” security forces struggled… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Algeria • Counter-terrorism • Mali • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Fri, July 9, 2010 at 13:31 pm CEST
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The Persistence of Islamic Slavery

Slavery was taken for granted throughout Islamic history, as it was, of course, in the West as well up until relatively recent times. Yet while the European and American slave trade get stern treatment attention from historians, the Islamic slave trade, which actually lasted longer and brought suffering to a larger number of people, is virtually ignored… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Islamic Countries • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Slavery in Islam • Sudan