Maghreb Insider publishes editorial content about North Africa, the Maghreb and the Sahel for readers in the region and beyond. These principles explain how we select, review, label and update published material.
The process is intended to keep factual reporting, analysis, reference material and commercial activity clearly distinguishable while giving readers enough context to understand how a piece of content was produced.
What We Publish
- News and updates focused on material new developments;
- Analysis and intelligence that interpret the significance and wider consequences of events;
- Explainers that clarify institutions, disputes, systems and recurring regional issues;
- Guides and reference pages designed to remain useful beyond a single news cycle;
- Data-based rankings and comparisons;
- Interviews and expert commentary where direct knowledge adds useful context;
- Opinion where clearly identified as distinct from straight reporting.
Sponsored content is not currently an active standard format.
Topic Selection
Topics may be prioritized according to:
- Relevance to our regional and thematic coverage;
- Reader usefulness and the amount of context a development requires;
- Public interest;
- Timeliness or material change in an ongoing story;
- Availability and quality of sources;
- Regional or cross-border impact;
- The need for clearer explanation of a complex issue.
Source-Based Publishing
We prefer primary sources where available and may use official documents, public records, research, company disclosures, institutional data, direct statements and reputable secondary reporting.
Source selection should reflect the claim being made. A source can be authoritative about what an institution announced without necessarily providing independent proof that every assertion in that announcement is correct.
Editorial Workflow
- Research the subject and identify relevant sources, background and unresolved factual questions.
- Draft the article around available evidence while distinguishing fact, attribution, interpretation and uncertainty.
- Review structure, sourcing, context and factual claims for clarity and consistency.
- Check important names, dates, figures, quotations and links against the material supporting them.
- Apply additional review to sensitive claims where errors or weak attribution could have greater consequences.
- Review headline and presentation so they accurately reflect the underlying article.
- Make the final publication decision under human editorial responsibility.
Content Labels
Labels may include News, Analysis, Explainer, Guide, Ranking, Methodology, Review, Opinion, Interview and, if introduced, Sponsored or Partner Content.
Labels are intended to help readers understand whether they are reading straight reporting, interpretation, reference material, a methodological explanation or commercial material.
Commercial Separation
Commercial relationships do not determine independent editorial conclusions.
Paid visibility does not determine editorial ranking position.
AI
AI use is currently limited to generated or assisted imagery. AI is not an authoritative source and is not currently the primary system for drafting, translation, summaries or source monitoring.
Human editors remain responsible for verification and publication decisions, including whether an illustration is appropriate and whether editorial material accurately reflects the underlying sources.
Updates
Articles may be updated when new information becomes available, official data change, project status changes or a verified error is identified.
Updates should improve the accuracy or continuing usefulness of the article rather than create an artificial impression of freshness.
Minor grammar, spelling or formatting changes may be made without a separate note when meaning is not materially altered.
Reader Feedback
- General: union@maghrebinsider.com
- Editorial: editorial@maghrebinsider.com
- Corrections: corrections@maghrebinsider.com
Reader feedback can identify useful sources, missing context, outdated information or possible factual errors. Submission of feedback does not by itself determine an editorial outcome.
Publisher Address
Maghreb Insider71-75 Shelton Street
London WC2H 9JQ
England, United Kingdom