Retaking the north was the easy part. Now Mali faces guerrilla attacks, reportedly increasing cooperation between rebel groups, 'the Tuareg problem', and a divided government.

Early on during the French intervention which began in January 2013, many journalists in the international press were quick to note that Islamist militants had...

The relationship between France and its former north African Colony Algeria is one tainted by a difficult and bitter colonial past. The two countries' shared history is often the backdrop to fierce debates at the official and societal levels. In 2005 , for example, the ruling UMP party passed a...

As we come ever closer to 2012, I thought I would examine Africa's recent struggles on its path to unity and a more prosperous region.

Certainly, with 2011's cataclysmic changes taking place in North Africa, most of the African Union's attention has been heavily turned towards the Arab Spring and...

It has long been a commonly accepted belief, prior to the Arab Spring, that the dream of North African unity would always have to be reported to better days of democracy and true representation of the peoples' will.

The idea of North African unity has always existed amongst the peoples...

Many are calling it the unfinished revolution. They would not be entirely wrong. In any case, the defiant spirit of Tahrir, now legendary throughout the world, has returned. This Sunday, tens of thousands of supporters returned to the birthplace of the revolution, Tahrir Square to demand that the transitional Supreme...

The Arab Spring represents a remarkable opportunity for Arab women to take back their rightful place in their own societies as equals.

Though in essence most of the uprisings have had no particularly female agenda underlying them, women should use this opportunity to challenge the status-quo and bring forward...

It's the question on everyone's lips these days. The trending topic, the pressing issue, the 'primary concern' in the press and in political backrooms everywhere: Is the Arab Spring making way for an Islamic Winter?

I'll cut to the chase by answering: Yes, possibly. Is that inescapably a bad thing?...