North Africa

American, French, and West African leaders must pressure the army to stand down and form an interim government, before a power vacuum and violent extremism threaten the entire region.

Strongman Khalifa Haftar has lost the initiative, and it looks as if the only option left for his international backers is to divide the country.

Recently disbursed IMF funding will only help the Sisi regime and entrench its rule.

The pandemic might prompt the kind of cooperation needed to end the country’s civil war, after years of fighting and foreign intervention failed.

None of the parties involved is serious about reaching a political settlement, meaning the conflict could kill many more this year.

Russia has played all sides in the conflict to get a seat at the negotiating table. Now it wants an end to sanctions.

Even as right-wing forces took hold in many places around the world, grassroots democracy proved itself alive and well.

In the presidential vote this week, citizens looking for change will have few good options to pick from.

Citizens have been promised new elections. But they are looking for more fundamental change.

The United States should stop treating the region as secondary to the rest of the Middle East.

Three charts highlight Beijing’s growing interest in the Middle East and North Africa.

The United States should be working to help negotiate peace rather than fanning the flames of another failed war. 

The battle for control over critical infrastructure shows who might win the civil war.

The Libyan general was poised to rise to power. Now his unnecessary assault on the capital is alienating key international backers and potential local allies.

The 82-year-old Abdelaziz Bouteflika has pledged to step down, but the protesters’ victory won’t be complete without a genuine democratic transition.