North Africa Regional Outlook: May 13, 2026
From escalating attacks in Mali exposing deepening instability across the Sahel to the Iran war continuing to disrupt global markets and supply chains, and Europe intensifying efforts to secure Mediterranean energy partnerships with Libya, Algeria, and Egypt
May 13, 2026

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From escalating attacks in Mali exposing deepening instability across the Sahel to the Iran war continuing to disrupt global markets and supply chains, as well as Europe intensifying efforts to secure Mediterranean energy partnerships with Libya, Algeria, and Egypt—explore the latest developments shaping North Africa, the Mediterranean, and the Sahel.

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From the Stimson Center

Deeper dives from the Stimson Center.

A Conversation with the Ambassadors of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger: The Sahel at a Crossroads

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger are reshaping the Sahel’s political and security landscape. Join the Stimson Center on May 21st for a rare joint conversation with the ambassadors of all three Alliance of Sahel States members on regional realignment, security, and future international engagement.

Balancing Export-Led Growth and Labor Protections in Morocco

Paul Dyer, Managing Director at Legacy Social Advisory, writes on how Morocco’s export-led growth model faces rising inequality and unemployment, underscoring the need to rebalance labor protections and job creation.

Mali Attacks: Aggravating the Sahel Security Crisis

Stimson Non-Resident Fellow Salem A. Salem explores how coordinated Mali attacks expose state vulnerabilities, insurgent adaptation, and shifting regional alliances across the Sahel

Algeria as a Geopolitical Actor: Strategic Dynamics and Regional Implications

In a recent Issue Brief, Dario Cristiani, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, examines Algeria’s constrained geopolitical influence amid rising competition, internal stability, and evolving Mediterranean partnerships.

A Conversation with Ms. Amina Benkhadra: Morocco’s Energy Future and Strategic Resources

Morocco is advancing its energy and minerals sectors to strengthen security and drive the green transition. Watch Amina Benkhadra, Director General of the National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM), explore strategy and partnerships at the Stimson Center.

On Our Radar

The headlines shaping politics, security, and economics across North Africa and the Sahel.

Reuters

Stung by West Africa Rejections, France Courts Rest of Continent at Kenya Summit

After expulsions from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, France pivots its Africa strategy at a Nairobi summit focused on East and Southern Africa, trade partnerships, and development financing.

Reuters

OPEC Oil Output Hits New Low in April on Hormuz Export Disruption, Reuters Survey Finds

OPEC’s collective output hits a multi-year low in April as the Hormuz closure prevents Gulf member states from exporting at full capacity, pushing global oil prices higher and benefiting Libya and Algeria as alternative suppliers.

Al Jazeera

What Would Prolonged War Mean for Sudan?

Feature examining the worst-case humanitarian and economic scenarios for Sudan after Hemedti vowed to fight “until 2040” and Burhan promised war through 2033; cites UNDP modelling projecting an extra 34 million Sudanese pushed into extreme poverty.

Al Jazeera

Sudan Accuses Ethiopia, UAE of Being Behind Recent Drone Attacks

Khartoum recalls its ambassador from Addis Ababa and presents what it calls evidence of UAE-supplied drones launched from Bahir Dar airport hitting Khartoum International Airport.

Africanews

Alliance of Sahel States Confirms Joint Airstrikes in Mali

Niger’s government announces that the 15,000-strong AES joint force carried out intense air campaigns in Malian territory in response to the April 25 attacks; Niger cancels nationwide May 1 parades for security reasons.

Africanews

Tuareg Rebels Vow Mali Junta ‘Will Fall’, North Will Be Captured

FLA spokesman Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane tells AFP the FLA will conquer Gao, Timbuktu and Ménaka after taking Kidal.

Vatican News

Pope Urges Renewed Commitment to Peace and Development in the Sahel

Pope Leo XIV meets the Board of the John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel, expressing deep concern over violence in Chad and Mali and reaffirming the Foundation’s Pontifical status.

France 24

Military Force Unable to Solve Mali Crisis: Is Political Solution Only ‘Viable Path Forward’?

Paul Melly of Chatham House tells François Picard that today’s Malian crisis is far more complex than 2012 and is unlikely to be resolved by external military intervention.

Morocco World News

FRMF Opens Ticket Sales for Morocco’s 2026 AFCON U17 Tournament

Morocco’s federation opens sales for the U-17 AFCON running May 13–June 2 in Morocco, with the Atlas Cubs in Group A alongside Egypt, Tunisia and Ethiopia.

North Africa Post

Morocco’s Approach in the Fight Against Terrorism and Extremism Highlighted in Vienna

DGSN-DGST chief Abdellatif Hammouchi presents Morocco’s counter-terrorism approach at the 23rd regional meeting of intelligence and security service heads in Vienna.

North Africa Post

Algeria’s Tebboune Hints at Reluctant Volte-Face on Sahara Issue as U.S. Pressure Mounts

Analysis of President Tebboune’s televised remarks suggesting Algeria may soften its stance on Western Sahara under U.S. pressure following UN Security Council Resolution 2797.

Reuters

Libya’s Zawiya Oil Refinery Shut Due to Nearby Clashes

Armed clashes near the Zawiya refinery, one of Libya’s main fuel supply facilities, force a temporary shutdown, disrupting domestic fuel supply and raising fears of renewed fighting near critical western infrastructure.

Reuters

Italy and Libya Discuss Strengthening Energy Ties

Italian and Libyan officials hold talks on expanding the Greenstream pipeline capacity and advancing new offshore gas cooperation agreements as Rome seeks to diversify away from Hormuz-exposed supply chains.

Reuters

Chevron Expands Mediterranean Activities with Exploration Offshore Malta

Chevron announces new exploration activities off Malta’s coast as part of a broader Mediterranean push to capture upstream opportunities opened by the Hormuz crisis and European demand for non-Gulf energy.

North Africa Post

Strong Tax Revenues Give Morocco’s Treasury Room to Breathe Through 2026

Robust first quarter tax receipts allow Morocco’s Treasury to cut its borrowing reliance in 2026.

North Africa Post

Morocco’s Foreign Direct Investment Inflows Jump to $6 Billion in 2025

Bank Al-Maghrib data shows record FDI inflows driven by manufacturing and renewables sectors.

North Africa Post

Royal Air Maroc to Receive First Boeing 737 MAX 9, Pushing Fleet to Record 66 Aircraft

RAM is scaling its narrow-body fleet to support the 2030 World Cup tourism build-up.

Maghrebi.org

Tunisian Authorities Suspend Local Branch of Avocats Sans Frontières for 30 Days

Tunisia’s interior ministry suspends ASF’s Tunisia office for a month amid a broader civic-space crackdown.

AL24 News

Algeria–Mauritania Begin First Session of Joint Bilateral Parliamentary Commission in Algiers

Speakers Boughali and Meguett co-chair the inaugural commission session on bilateral economic cooperation.

Financial Afrik

No Break with the IMF: President Diomaye Faye Reassures Investors and Partners of Senegal

Senegal’s president gives a wide-ranging interview pledging continued IMF talks, warning against the outrageous personalization of Pastef, and calling for a coordinated Sahel response to terrorism.

Reuters

UAE Denies Involvement in Sudan Airport Attack

Abu Dhabi formally rejects Khartoum’s accusations, calling the evidence fabricated and reaffirming its commitment to Sudan’s territorial integrity.

Reuters

UN Warns Drone Attacks Drive Surge in Civilian Deaths in Sudan

UN humanitarian officials report a sharp increase in civilian casualties from drone strikes across Khartoum, Kordofan and Darfur, warning the tactic is becoming the defining feature of the conflict’s fourth year.

Reuters

Chad’s Army Says 23 Personnel Killed in Boko Haram Attack

Chadian forces report one of the deadliest attacks on their personnel in years in the Lake Chad basin, raising alarm about Boko Haram’s renewed operational capacity in the Sahel’s eastern theater.

AFRICOM (U.S. Africa Command)

Roaring into Action: African Lion 2026 Begins in Tunisia

Official AFRICOM coverage of the launch of AL26 in Tunisia, a multinational exercise running through May 8 with over 5,600 personnel from more than 40 nations.

U.S. Army

US Soldiers Test Autonomous Systems During African Lion 26 in Morocco

173rd Mobile Brigade Combat Team tests AI-enabled autonomous tactical vehicles at Cap Draa, Tan-Tan, Morocco.

Alhurra

Egypt Scrambles for Oil, Turns to Libya

Examines the Egypt-Libya MoU under which Egypt will import at least 1 million barrels of Libyan crude per month after Kuwait declared force majeure.

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Sudan’s RSF Paramilitary Group Detains Journalist Adam Issac Minan

CPJ calls on the RSF to release the journalist kidnapped on April 5 in Kutum, North Darfur, noting at least eight Sudanese journalists remain unaccounted for.

Bloomberg

Morocco’s Crown Prince Gets Key Army Role in Sign of Elevation

Bloomberg reports Crown Prince Moulay Hassan has been appointed to a senior military command, signaling preparation for eventual succession.

RFI

Over 200 Ukrainian Military Officers and Experts Deployed in Three Sites in Western Libya

RFI investigation of Ukrainian military deployments in Libya with the agreement of the Tripoli government.

The North Africa Post

New Crisis Group Report Flags Seven Conflicts Driving Africa’s Security Threats

Coverage of ICG’s Seven Peace and Security Priorities for Africa in 2026 briefing, which lists the Sahel insurgency and Sudan civil war among the most urgent.

North Africa Post

ONHYM Intensifies International Efforts on the African Atlantic Gas Pipeline

Morocco’s National Hydrocarbons Office (ONHYM) Director General Amina Benkhadra takes the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline project to Washington, pitching it to U.S. energy and finance officials as a transformative infrastructure corridor linking West Africa to Europe.

Business Insider Africa

Africa’s Largest Refinery Records an Impressive 57 Million Barrels of Jet Fuel Export

The Dangote Refinery in Nigeria reports a record jet-fuel export milestone, reinforcing its role as a continental energy hub with significant implications for North African and Sahel aviation fuel supply chains.

Al Jazeera

Mapping Mali’s Gold and Natural Resource Wealth

Data-driven feature mapping Mali’s gold deposits, mining concessions, and natural resource base, examining how control over these assets is driving both the ongoing conflict and foreign interest from Russia, China, and Western mining companies.

Bloomberg

Egypt Inflation Posts Surprise Slowdown Despite Iran War Shocks

Egypt’s annual urban inflation eased more than expected in April 2026 despite the Hormuz closure driving up energy and food import costs, attributed to base effects and the CBE’s aggressive rate-cut cycle begun in February.

The Africa Report

Trump’s Incoming Africa Hand Inherits Gutted Diplomatic Corps

Analysis documenting the hollowing out of the State Department’s Africa bureau and the challenges facing the Trump administration’s new Africa policy leadership in engaging with Sudan, the Sahel, and North Africa.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Africa Digital Infrastructure: AfTech Technology Policy Tracker

Carnegie Africa Program relaunches the AfTech 2.0 tracker documenting African states’ technology policy environments, digital infrastructure investment, and regulatory frameworks across North and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Financial Times

Africa’s richest man eyes Kenya for new refinery

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s wealthiest industrialist, is eyeing Kenya as the site of a huge 650,000-barrel-a-day oil refinery he intends to build in east Africa, he told the FT, after questions over a previous push to build it in Tanzania.

Al-Monitor

Egypt Ramps Up Energy Investments Amid War-Driven Price Pressures

Al-Monitor analysis of Egypt’s accelerated upstream oil and gas investment program as the government seeks to reduce import dependence, with coverage of new licensing rounds, BP-ADNOC joint ventures, and ENI’s offshore discoveries.

Reuters

Sudan Army Says UAE and Ethiopia Linked to Khartoum Drone Attack

Sudan’s military presents evidence it says ties UAE-supplied drones launched from Ethiopian territory to the strike on Khartoum International Airport, prompting Khartoum to recall its ambassador from Addis Ababa.

Reuters

Insurgents Kill Dozens, Including Civilians, in Central Mali Attacks

Reuters reporting on the JNIM strikes in Mopti region’s Korikori and Gomossogou villages that killed more than 50 people, part of the group’s continued offensive campaign following the April 25 Bamako attacks.

Reuters

France Moves Aircraft Carrier to Red Sea with Eye on Hormuz Mission

France deploys the Charles de Gaulle carrier group toward the Red Sea as European discussions intensify around a potential multinational naval mission to protect shipping and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Reports & Analysis on the Region

Deeper dives from experts, think tanks, and research institutes.

COMMENTARY

Tremors in South Sudan are a warning of worse to come

Stimson Center Program Director Hafed Al Ghwell argues that South Sudan is entering a far more dangerous phase of instability driven by economic collapse, regional militarization, fragmented militia power, and failing state institutions, with planned 2026 elections likely to trigger wider conflict rather than forge a path to stability.

COMMENTARY

What Does the UAE’s Departure Mean for OPEC+?

MEI analysis of the implications of the UAE’s announced suspension of its OPEC+ commitments amid the Iran war and Hormuz disruption, examining what it means for the cartel’s cohesion, Gulf solidarity, and North African producers Algeria and Libya.

COMMENTARY

Climate Pressures in Algeria: The Crisis in Rural Kabylie

Carnegie analysis of how climate-driven water scarcity, agricultural decline, and rural unemployment are combining with historical ethnic and political grievances in Algeria’s Kabylie region to produce a new wave of instability.

COMMENTARY

Social Protection and Energy Prices: Lessons from the Hormuz Shock

Brookings analysis drawing on global evidence to argue that targeted social protection systems are more effective than fuel subsidies in cushioning households from energy price shocks, with direct lessons for North African governments including Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco facing rising energy import costs.

COMMENTARY

System Integration: The Key to Europe’s Energy Trilemma

Brookings commentary arguing that Europe’s simultaneous pursuit of affordability, security, and sustainability during the Hormuz crisis depends on integrating grid infrastructure, storage and interconnections — with implications for North African renewable energy exporters including Morocco and Algeria as potential EU energy partners.

COMMENTARY

Egypt’s Bet on Land Monetization

Atlantic Council analysis examining Egypt’s strategy of selling state-owned land — including the Ras el-Hekma deal and new coastal development projects — as a primary mechanism for generating hard currency and reducing external debt, assessing the sustainability and distributional implications of the approach.

PUBLICATION

FES Publication on Sahel/North Africa (Collections Series)

FES collections entry covering political economy and governance analysis relevant to the Sahel and North Africa, part of the foundation’s ongoing publication series on African security and development.

POLICY ANALYSIS

Between Dependence and Leverage: Egypt’s Strategic Balancing Act in the U.S.-Israel-Iran War

Detailed analysis by Giuseppe Dentice of OSMED examining Egypt’s paradoxical position: simultaneously a security asset for Gulf partners and a structurally dependent actor exposed through financial flows, remittances, energy prices, and Suez Canal revenues, arguing Cairo is pursuing deliberate adaptive non-alignment rather than rigid alignment with any party.

COMMENTARY

Libya’s False Peace

Foreign Affairs analysis arguing that Libya’s current relative calm is a strategic illusion — its rival administrations have divided oil revenues, institutionalized parallel bureaucracies, and entrenched foreign military presences in ways that make genuine reunification increasingly unlikely.

REPORT

From Hormuz to the Frontlines of Hunger: The Middle East Conflict’s Economic Reach into Six Fragile Contexts

Mercy Corps report documenting how the Strait of Hormuz closure is transmitting economic shocks through fertilizer, fuel, shipping, currency, and remittance channels into six already-fragile countries — including Sudan — projecting deepening food insecurity through late 2026 and into 2027 as planting seasons begin with compromised inputs.

COMMENTARY

Sinai Liberation Day and Egypt’s Changing Threat Perception

ISPI analysis marking Egypt’s April 25 Sinai Liberation Day, examining how Cairo’s threat perception has shifted from the domestic Sinai insurgency toward the combined pressures of the Sudan war, Red Sea instability, and the Hormuz crisis affecting Suez Canal revenues.

POLICY ANALYSIS

How Europe and Africa Can Steer Global Shipping to Net Zero

ECFR policy paper arguing that Europe and Africa — particularly Morocco and South Africa as major shipping corridor states — should coordinate on green shipping corridor infrastructure, carbon pricing mechanisms, and port decarbonization to jointly benefit from the post-Hormuz rerouting of global trade.

COMMENTARY

From Hormuz to the Sahel: A Fertilizer Shock and a Maghreb Solution

MEI analysis arguing that the Hormuz-driven fertilizer shortage threatening Sahel food security creates an opening for Morocco — with 70% of known global phosphate reserves — to rapidly scale fertilizer production and exports to West Africa.

COMMENTARY

Battered but Still Standing: Egypt Tries to Weather the Economic Ravages of the Iran War

MEI analysis documenting how Egypt is absorbing the Iran war’s cascading economic shocks — through Suez Canal revenue losses, energy import costs, tourism disruption, and tightening Gulf financial support — while arguing Cairo’s reform program provides a limited buffer.

COMMENTARY

Héni Nsaibia on Fall of Kidal as a Turning Point in Mali’s Conflict

ACLED’s West Africa Senior Analyst comments on the regime’s setbacks, Russian involvement, and the risks of further instability.

COMMENTARY

The Middle East’s Promising Gen Z

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace commentary argues the MENA’s Gen Z is mobilizing behind an inclusive growth model, with implications for Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Libya.

COMMENTARY

Shifting Sands

NATO Defense College Foundation commentary examines how Mali’s endorsement of Morocco’s autonomy plan complicates Maghreb geopolitics and strengthens Morocco ahead of the MINURSO mandate review.

REPORT

Libya, May 2026 Monthly Forecast

UN Security Council Report outlines the May Council agenda on Libya, including the planned renewal of the maritime inspections authorization and the political-process briefing by SRSG Hanna Tetteh.

COMMENTARY

What Role Has Russia Played in Mali’s Security and the Sahel Region?

Atlantic Council commentary examines Russia Africa Corps’ role following the April 25 attacks, the Kidal withdrawal, and Moscow’s eroding Sahel security model.

COMMENTARY

Mali Is the Linchpin of West Africa — Now It’s Under Jihadist Siege

Council on Foreign Relations commentary argues the JNIM-FLA coalition has caught the Goïta junta off-guard and that Russia’s military assistance has produced slender gains and much acrimony.

COMMENTARY

What Can Save Mali from Collapse?

Atlantic Council commentary Argues Mali’s junta has made fatal strategic missteps and warns that the country’s collapse would destabilize all West Africa, calling for urgent regional and international engagement.

COMMENTARY

Lessons for the United States in the Militant Attacks That Killed Mali’s Defense Minister

CSIS commentary argues the Trump administration must balance pragmatic engagement with Sahel juntas with insistence on democratic norms.

COMMENTARY

Mali: A Breaking Point — or Not (Yet)?

EUISS (European Union Institute for Security Studies) commentary notes that the April 25 communiqué marked the first explicit JNIM acknowledgement of alignment with FLA and lays out the divergent strategic objectives of the two armed actors.

COMMENTARY

Sudan War Evolving into a Proxy Conflict Fueled by Gold

Daily Post UK commentary analyses how illicit gold flows through neighboring states sustain both SAF and RSF war economies.

REPORT

Middle East and North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan Economic Update (Spring 2026)

World Bank Spring assessment of growth, fiscal, and inflation dynamics across Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia under the shadow of the Iran war and Hormuz closure.

COMMENTARY

China Courts Africa with Tariff-Free Access: A New Era of Trade or Just the First Step?

ODI (Overseas Development Institute) commentary examines whether China’s tariff-free access announcement marks a structural shift in Sino-African trade, with implications for Sahel and North African exporters.

COMMENTARY

The Hidden Billions That Could Transform Africa’s Agriculture

World Bank commentary argues that unlocking domestic private investment and reforming agricultural finance could generate billions in productivity gains, particularly relevant for Sahel food security.

COMMENTARY

African Champions Chart the Way on the Global Compact for Migration

ISS Africa commentary argues 17 African countries are pioneering global migration management and asks whether others will follow, with implications for Mediterranean and Sahel migration routes.

REPORT

Seven Peace and Security Priorities for Africa in 2026

International Crisis Group lists the Sahel insurgency, Sudan war and Cameroon-related tensions among the seven most urgent flashpoints, calling for coordinated AU and member-state diplomacy.

REPORT

Sudan: RSF Violations in Capture of El Fasher Amount to War Crimes

OHCHR (UN Human Rights Office) documents more than 6,000 killings in the first three days of the RSF’s October 2025 final offensive on El Fasher, repeatedly cited in Sudan reporting this week.

REPORT

Economic Warfare Escalates as Militants Expand Beyond the Sahel

ACLED documents record kidnappings, JNIM fuel and transport embargoes, and the consolidation of a new frontline in the Benin-Niger-Nigeria borderlands.

COMMENTARY

The Blind Spots of African Development Finance

Project Syndicate commentary where Former IMF resident representative Gomez Agou argues that Africa’s development-finance system is expanding faster than its analytical infrastructure, identifying three critical gaps: untracked contingent liabilities, purely transactional macro dialogue, and the absence of a pan-African benchmark for pricing new financial instruments — with the African Development Bank best placed to fill the void.

Upcoming Events

Key briefings and conferences to watch.

Policy Center for the New South

On Think Tanks Annual Conference 2026, Rabat, Morocco (May 19–21, 2026)

ECFR’s annual flagship Africa-Europe convening bringing together senior European and African policymakers, diplomats, civil society and industry representatives for policy exchange on energy transitions, critical minerals, development, migration, and evolving regional security dynamics.

Economic Science Association (ESA)

2026 African Meeting – June 15–17, 2026

Academic conference on economic research relevant to the African continent, including macroeconomic vulnerability and political-economy themes pertinent to Egypt, Morocco, the Sahel, and the post-Hormuz shock environment.

Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) & Geological Sustainable Mining Institute (UM6P)

Critical Raw Materials in Africa: Cross-Cutting Issues and Emerging Perspectives – May 12, 2026

Expert workshop on the geopolitics, governance, and supply-chain dynamics of critical minerals in Africa, directly relevant to EU-Africa relations and resource competition in North Africa and the Sahel.

International Space Summit Africa (ISSA)

ISSA 2026 – August 10–12, 2026

Continental forum for African and global space agencies, governments, and industry covering satellite communication, Earth observation, space policy, and dual-use applications including drone and ISR capabilities relevant to humanitarian response across the Sahel and Sudan.

Tune In

Hear the latest insights from regional experts.

VIRTUAL PANEL

Climate Mobility in the MENA Region: Between Adaptation and Displacement

Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center hosted a panel discussion to explore how climate change is reshaping mobility, governance, and resilience across eight MENA countries including Algeria, Morocco, and Egypt.

WEBINAR

Africa Dialogue Series 2026 Unites Policymakers, Civil Society and Youth on Water and Sanitation

ISS Africa convening bringing together African ministers, civil society representatives, and youth advocates to address the water and sanitation crisis across the Sahel and Horn of Africa, framed within climate adaptation and development finance.

VIDEO REPORT

Mali’s Tale of Two Insurgencies: Jihadists Seek Caliphate While Tuareg Rebels Pursue Autonomy

France24 video report with Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s Ulf Laessing argues Russia’s Sahel model is unravelling after the JNIM-FLA offensive exposed the limits of external military guarantees.

PODCAST

Jihadist and Separatist Rebels Gain Ground in Mali

International Crisis Group podcast where Richard Atwood interviews ICG’s Sahel Deputy Director Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim on the April 25 attacks, the killing of Camara, Kidal’s fall, and where the crisis is headed.

PODCAST

Rebuilding Regional Order and Security in West Africa

Chatham House podcast where Paul Ejime and Paul Melly discuss ECOWAS-AES dynamics and West African foreign ministers’ call for local security solutions following the Mali attacks.

Job Opportunities

Career moves, fellowships, and calls for applications—all in one place.

International Rescue Committee
Country Director, Burkina Faso
The IRC is recruiting a National Country Director for Burkina Faso who combines strategic vision, unifying leadership, integrity, and rigorous risk management to ensure institutional representation and operational management of the country program.

St. Andrew’s Refugee Services
Deputy Director, Refugee Legal Aid Program (Cairo, Egypt)
Under the supervision of the Director of Refugee Legal Aid Program, the Deputy Director supports management of program services implementation focused on legal advice and representation to urban refugees in matters of refugee status determination, protection, and resettlement.

International Rescue Committee
Senior Manager, Emergency Cash and Basic Needs (Sudan)
Senior role managing IRC’s emergency cash transfer and basic needs response.

STOOS Consulting
Call for Individual Experts, Trainers and Advisory Specialists in TVET, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment
Mobilizing experts who can support STOOS and its partners in designing and delivering market-relevant, inclusive, and practical economic empowerment interventions that improve employability, enterprise development, income generation, and local economic resilience across Libya. Apply by June 1st.

Policy Center for the New South
Junior Professional Program (Fellowship/Job)
Two-year structured professional development contract in Rabat for early-career analysts working on Morocco, Africa and Global South issues.

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