In the short term, the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to provide the governments of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia with a respite from political contestation and mobilization. They have all struggled to varying degrees recently with
The Maghreb – which principally comprises Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia – has been hard hit by the coronavirus, but the pandemic has also sparked innovation and driven changes in the region that many
According to figures reported to the WHO, the spread of Covid-19 in the Maghreb region has so far been relatively limited, with infection and death rates considerably lower than those experienced in Europe. The highest
The Maghreb presents itself in dispersed order in the face of the coronavirus, without any cohesion or solidarity, each country facing its own concerns. Social tensions in Tunisia, authority and outbreaks of Islamist fever in
Libya, a country at war and the center of a conflict aggravated by the interference of regional and international powers, could soon be the most punished country in the region by the coronavirus because of