About Maghreb Insider
Maghreb Insider is an and media briefing platform covering North Africa, the Maghreb and the Sahel. We follow the region from Egypt and the Red Sea westwards through Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Western Sahara, Ceuta, Melilla and the Sahel corridors that shape security, migration and investment.
Our audience is international and practical: investors, diplomats, policy analysts, security specialists, journalists, researchers, diaspora readers and globally minded citizens who need the region explained with evidence and context.
How the project developed
The site emerged in 2023 as a focused English-language source for economics, business and geopolitics in the Maghreb. By 2024 it had built a recognisable editorial pattern around Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Mauritania and Western Sahara, with additional coverage of Egypt, the Sahel and external powers when they changed the regional picture.
In 2024 and 2025 the archive covered themes including Morocco’s investment and infrastructure cycle, Libya’s fractured institutions, Algeria’s energy posture, Tunisia’s political economy, Mauritania’s stability role, migration across the western and central Mediterranean, climate pressure and energy transition. The work included reporting and analysis from named contributors including Gavin Serkin and Karina Huber, alongside the Editors desk.
In 2026 we return with the same core subject but a clearer publisher identity. The site now uses defined editorial standards, geography tags, category pages, fact-checking rules and public contact routes so that readers can understand how the work is selected, checked and updated.
What we cover
We cover politics, power, economy, energy, critical minerals, climate, water, migration, security, trade corridors, ports, infrastructure, technology, law, institutions, society and culture. We treat these as linked systems. A water project can be a food-security story. A port tender can be a geopolitical story. A migration agreement can be a labour-market, border and human-rights story at the same time.
People and editorial work
Gavin Serkin’s reporting and analysis on frontier markets and Morocco’s infrastructure, finance and carbon-market positioning remains part of the project’s public record. Karina Huber’s contributor work broadened the site’s business and international-news voice. The Editors desk coordinates daily selection, source review, updates, headline discipline and reader feedback.
Our newsroom relies on public records, official statements, international institutions, local media, specialist researchers, company disclosures, court and regulatory documents, maps, archives and direct reader feedback. Opinion and analysis are clearly separated from straight news and explainers.
Why the archive matters
North Africa’s public record is fragmented across languages and institutions. The Maghreb Insider archive matters because it tracks recurring regional patterns: Morocco-Algeria rivalry, Libya’s institutional split, Tunisia’s fiscal pressure, Mauritania’s Sahel role, Spain’s border cities, Mediterranean migration routes, energy corridors, drought, food security and external influence.
Our 2026 return
The 2026 return is built around continuity: the same regional subject, the same English-language intelligence role and a more transparent publisher structure. The archive, section system, geography tags, public policies and newsroom contact routes give readers a clearer way to follow the region and challenge the record when needed.
We continue to publish for readers who need dependable regional context: investors, diplomats, policy analysts, security specialists, journalists, researchers and diaspora readers following North Africa, the Maghreb and the Sahel from the wider English-speaking world.