[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Maghreb and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Maghreb Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each roundup to maghreb@jadaliyya.com.]
Algeria
المدارس الخاصة تكافح من أجل الوجود The private education sector in Algeria struggles for acceptance in society and the educational system.
الجزائر تحظر 130 عنوانا بمعرضها الدولي للكتاب Algerian censor bans 130 book titles that promote sedition, sectarianism or terrorism at international book fair.
For Algeria's struggling herders, "drought stops everything" Falling levels of annual rainfall makes herding less viable.
Algeria calls for vigilance when tackling terrorism in West Africa Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdlekader Messahel, proposed ideas to establish more border security control and improve the living conditions of young people so as to dissuade them from joining terrorist groups.
A Alger, le Festival de la bande dessinée a fêté ses dix ans The international festival of comics celebrated its tenth anniversary in Algiers.
Migrants expulsés de l’Algérie vers le Niger : pas de pitié pour les Subsahariens ? Algeria continues to expel Sub-saharan refugees as tensions build on Niger’s border.
Libya
طلاب المدارس أبرز ضحايا العنف في ليبيا Students are still subjected to corporal punishment in schools in southern Libya.
المبعوث الأممي يبحث بليبيا نتائج اجتماعات تونس UN Special Envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salameh, met with Libyan officials in Tunisia to further discuss the reconciliation of the Libyan government with the Libyan militias.
Brother, where art thou? Libya, spaces of violence and the diffusion of knowledge European containment policy in Libya leads to human rights violations.
Racing to Repair Sirte’s Schools 65 schools have been damaged in wars in Libya’s southern city of Sirte.
A Way Forward for Devolving Local Power in Libya? Atlantic Council report on challenges to devolving power to local governing parties as part of reform process.
L'ONU a un nouveau plan pour sortir la Libye de l'impasse politique The UN unveils a new plan to end Libya’s political stalemate.
Libye : où sont passés l’or, les diamants et liasses de dollars du colonel Kadhafi ? Ouagadougou ? Six years after the ousting of Qaddafi, UN investigators search for the colonel’s amassed fortune in money and diamonds in Burkina Faso.
Maruitania
Coopération Mauritanie / UE : Les acteurs du RIMRAP font le point à Aioun At a meeting in Hodh El Gharbi, EU and Mauritanian representatives stress the importance of a program to strengthen Mauritania’s agricultural resilience.
France: la Mauritanie porte plainte contre Sherpa French lawyers accuse the Sherpa organization, who wrote a report about government corruption in Mauritania, of defamation and tarnishing the reputation of the government.
قرض بقيمة 7 مليارات لتمويل محطة كهرباء بولنوار OPEC grants loan to Mauritania for wind farm in Bulenuar.
بعد تسليم المراكز لموريتانيا عمال الهيئة القطرية فى الشارع. Vocational training center for women handed over to Mauritanian authorities due to diplomatic crisis with Qatar
Mauritania and Algeria to open borders Mauritania and Algeria look to boost economic relations by opening their borders.
Mauritania’s Veterans in the Fight Against Sexual Violence After the El Wafa center opened 15 years ago to assist sexual violence victims, women in Mauritania are more willing to come forward.
Morocco
Morocco tests Africa’s first high-speed rail line as French Foreign Minister visits During the visit of the French Foreign Minister, national rail officials tested the French financed Casablanca-Tangier train.
Decolonial Solidarity in the Fight Against Corporate Power in Morocco The Association for Women's Rights in Development interviews filmmaker and sociologist Soraya El Kahlaoui about urban struggle and land tenure in Morocco.
"Sexe et mensonges" : Leïla Slimani plaide pour la liberté sexuelle des Marocaines Leila Slimani’s new book “Sex and Lies” explores the intimate lives of Moroccan women through their own words.
Audrey Azoulay à la tête se l’UNESCO...Une victoire à la l’arrachée! The United Nations' cultural agency selected Audrey Azoulay, daughter of Moroccan Economics Minister André Azoulay, as the Director General of UNESCO.
السلطات تمنع حقوقيين من الإحتجاج أمام سجن الحسيمة Moroccan authorities prevent human rights activists from protesting in front of al-Hoceima Prison.
ملك المغرب يقيل أربعة وزراء لتأخر مشاريع الحسيمة King Mohammed VI sacked four ministers to show his dissatisfaction over the Supreme Council of Accounts report on the Al-Hoceima situation
Tunisia
Why should investors consider funding Tunisian startups? [Q&A] Bassem Bouguerra, a leader in Tunisia’s entrepreneurship space, discusses the work of the startup incubator Intilaq.
Democracy Derailed? Sarah Yerkes argues that the Tunisian government is taking steps to challenge the country’s democratic development.
مدارس منهارة.. في القيروان Schools in Tunisia’s interior regions suffer from marginalization and neglect.
نمو عدد السياح في تونس بـ %34 The Tunisian Ministry of Tourism reports an increase in tourists and revenue numbers from the past 9 months.
Tunisie : « Mon corps est un bien public » Tunisian women are increasingly forced to adhere to strict dress codes. The Tunisian Association of Democratic Women called for "lifting the grip on women's privacy."
La Tunisie ambitionne de porter la croissance à 3% en 2018 (projet de budget économique) According to the new budget, Tunisia aims to achieve a growth rate of three percent and a more equitable distribution of growth.
Western Sahara
New UN envoy for Western Sahara to make regional tour Former German President Horst Kohler will tour through Western Sahara in hopes of renewing negotiations between Morocco and the Algerian-backed Polisario front.
Sahara occidental : il n'y a pas d'alternative à l'exercice du droit à l'autodétermination Algeria’s ambassador to the UN states that there is no alternative to exercising the right to self determination in the Western Sahara.
Sahara occidental : la RASD n’est pas la bienvenue au sommet UA-UE d’Abidjan Ivory Coast refuses to serve as a platform for a battle between Moroccans and the Saharawis in the EU-Africa summit in November.
الاستغلال غير الشرعي لموارد الصحراء الغربية: على السويد "تحذير" شركاتها الناشطة في المنطقة Swedish companies are involved in the illegal exploitation of resources from the Western Sahara.
مجلس الشيوخ االأمريكي منشغل بانسداد المسار الأممي في الصحراء الغربية The United States expressed its concern over the peace process in Western Sahara, calling on US ambassador to the UN to push the UN Security Council to find a solution to the conflict.
African Delegates Press for Greater Regional Cooperation in Efforts to Resolve Western Sahara Question, as Fourth Committee Continues Decolonization Debate Representatives from Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Kenya stressed the importance of resolving the Western Sahara Question to other regional challenges, including terrorism and irregular migration.
Recent on Jadaliyya
Maghreb: l'Etat d'injustice en question A collaborative report on the results of a study started in 2012 about transformations in power since the Arab Spring.
'The King Is Good, the Political Class Is Bad': A Tired Myth Mounia Bennani-Chraibi questions the dominant political narrative in Morocco and considers the adaptive capacities of political parties.
Manich Msamah and the Face of Continued Protest in Tunisia Manich Msamah, a Tunisian protest movement, delays votes on the controversial Economic Reconciliation Law.
La moustache de fer (A Song of Mustache and Technocracy) Thomas Serres discusses implications of Ahmed Ouyahia’s return to the premiership of Algeria.
تونسيات محرومات من اختيار أزواجهن Tunisian journalist Mabrouka Kathir comments on women’s freedom of choice in marriage, which is limited by a 1973 decree that prohibits Tunisian women from marrying non-Muslim men.
حراك الريف: النظام يراهن على الحسم الأمني Moroccan journalist Imad Stitou analyzes the Makhzen’s response to the Hirak movement in Northern Morocco.