17 January 2019 – By Arezki Daoud – The hope for some stabilization this year in North Africa and the Sahel appears to have faded away with the events in the region that greeted 2019. If you are in places like Tripoli, North Sinai or Northern Mali, war is a permanent fixture. In virtually every country in North Africa and the Sahel, destabilization continuous. If there is no war, social discontent kick-started the year in a country like Tunisia, where a public sector strike, called by the powerful UGTT labor union, is underway. This week, please see some of the stories posted on The North Africa Journal’s website related to how badly the region started this year.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 17, 2019 18:56 UTC