The Socio-Economic and Political Dynamics Around Migration in Morocco

The geographic position of Morocco and its history makes it a strategic country when it comes to matters of international migration. Having long been considered as a country of origin, the fast paced growing development of Morocco soon brought it from being merely a sending country to becoming a transit and destination to migrants from other parts of Africa. This change in the migratory context of Morocco has led to the adoption of a series of policies and governmental actions to take advantage of international migration and mitigate its risks. The following policy brief provides an overview of the Moroccan strategy on migration as well as the main drivers of migration in Morocco...

Tunisie : la démocratie à l’épreuve de la crise de la IIème République

La crise de la IIème République tunisienne exacerbe l’incapacité des institutions de représentation démocratique à prendre en compte les demandes socio-économiques populaires, à l’origine de la « révolution de 2011 ». Conçue dans l’objectif de rompre avec l’ancien régime bénalien, la IIème République a permis de doter la Tunisie des infrastructures politiques et institutionnelles nécessaires, lui permettant d’encadrer ses libertés, tout en définissant son régime démocratique. Or, l’incapacité de la IIème République à traduire la démocratie en progrès social a accru la défiance citoyenne envers les institutions, précipitant le coup de force présidentiel du 25 juillet 2019, qui bascula la Tunisie d’une démocratie en crise vers un régime d’exception ...

Energy markets have experienced significant disruptions since the outbreak of COVID-19. In late 2021, soaring natural gas prices triggered a new crisis, leading to risks of energy supply shortages worldwide and propelling the issue of energy security to the forefront. Africa will not be spared the repercussions of this crisis, which could further increase energy inequality, which is in turn linked to other forms of inequality. Indeed, in a context of persistent inflation, the lack of reliable and affordable energy supplies tends to limit production possibilities and industrial growth, with negative impacts on employment, social protection, and health services, among others ...

I am the last and only dictator of Europe

His message was one of reassurance, just as a great leader has to react in a crisis. The concerns about Covid 19 was nothing but “a frenzy and psychosis”. The President knew the secret to defeat the virus: vodka, sauna, tractor. Didn’t a US president named Donald Trump suggest  that toilet cleaning disinfectants chase the virus out of infected lungs on national television? (New York Times, April 24, 2020) That was Trump-speak, sure, but the man who uttered the tractor/vodka/nonsense was not Trump, but Alexander Lukashenko, 67, President of Belarus, a former Soviet republic  neighboring Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Mr Lukashenko, in power since July 1994 despises opposition, and worships one politician in particular, as he admitted in an interview ...

حديث الثلاثاء: الساحل بين الإضطرابات الأمنية و الأزمة الديمقراطية

تُعد دول الساحل دولا ضعيفة و هشة النبية نظرا لتزايد الإرهاب والاضطراب الإثني والطائفي. فإنها على طوال تقلبها منذ استقلالها في دورة ثلاثية بين الانقلاب وفترة انتقالية وحكومة مدنية، تعاني سلسلة ردات فعل داخلية وخارجية، وجميعها تشير إلى مشكلة الانهيار وصعوبة التكيف مع وضع مستقر. وتعود أسباب ذلك إلى سياسات متوالية بين ما تريده شعوب هذه الدول من بسط للحريات والديمقراطية والعدالة، وبين استغلال العسكر ...

Africafé : Les défis de la réforme institutionnelle de la CEEAC

Dans cet épisode Oussama Tayebi Research Assistant au Policy Center for the New South, présente la Communauté économique des États de l'Afrique centrale (CEEAC) à travers trois questions simples : à quoi sert l’organisation, quelle est son actualité et quels sont ces enjeux ? ...

Why Are African Leaders Calling for Drug Policy Reform? High-level Roundtable

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the declaration of the “war on drugs” by President Richard Nixon. Since then, law-enforcement responses are primarily used to counter the production, trafficking and consumption of illegal drugs...

Security in the Sahel after the coup d’etat in Burkina Faso: Challenges and Implications

Violence is increasingly endangering the lives of populations throughout the Sahel. Amid this problematic situation, coup d’etats are multiplying. On January 23, a military coup d’etat was announced in Burkina Faso. What are the challenges that this new situation reinforces? ...

Drug Policy in the New South An Expert Debate

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the declaration of the “war on drugs” by President Richard Nixon. Since then, law-enforcement responses are primarily used to counter the production, trafficking and consumption of illegal drugs...