Libya’s peace efforts have deepened elite commercial control, sidelining elections while international deals enrich rival factions and families.
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Washington targets Sudan with fresh sanctions over chemical weapons, but key foreign backing and trade limits leave local military dynamics unchanged.
Tunisia faces escalating economic distress and diplomatic isolation five years after executive power consolidation ended its post-Arab Spring democracy.
North African gas flaring wastes $10 billion yearly. Capturing this supply via underused pipelines offers Europe vital, immediate energy security.
Washington must back diplomatic sea access for landlocked Ethiopia to stabilize Horn of Africa shipping lanes and prevent a wider war with Eritrea.
US plans for power-sharing in Libya threaten to solidify elite corruption and undermine economic stability rather than delivering real reform.
The war in Sudan threatens to engulf the Horn of Africa in a regional conflict. Urgent diplomatic intervention is required to prevent a full-scale catastrophe.
Libya’s new trilateral unity pact concentrates executive control within two powerful families, leaving civil society, women, and local tribes sidelined.
Israel monitors rising defense ties between Cairo and Ankara as joint air exercises, naval drills, and drone production units reshape regional power.
Saddam Haftar seeks to transform military control in Benghazi into political legitimacy, yet Tripoli remains the ultimate prize shadowed by serious allegations.