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Mauritania: Ex-President Verdict Puts Mauritania’s Legal System Under Spotlight
Mauritania’s high-profile corruption trial of former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has sparked a bigger...
West Africa: Despite Record Oil Production, Senegal Faces Fuel Price Pressure
In Senegal, drivers are feeling the pinch as fuel prices soar to the highest levels in the entire WAEMU region—even...
Algeria among worse offenders in cracking down on Facebook users
Algerians have experienced seven deliberate disruptions in access to Facebook during the first six months of 2019,...
Libya: Schools close, education minister pressured to resign
Tripoli, Nov 14, 2019 (By Nawas Al-Darraji) - A Libyan teachers' strike over salaries and "phantom" employees has...
Egypt’s dismal rights records exposed to global scrutiny
Geneva, Nov 14, 2019 - Egypt faced strong criticism at a UN review of its rights record Wednesday, with diplomats...
Algeria: Regime commits more human rights abuses, prepares to militarize the state
By Arezki Daoud - 12 November 2019 - An Algerian court handed over one-year jail terms to 28 demonstrators for the...
Algerian regime shuts down at least 12 Evangelical Protestant churches
Algeria judges confirm allegiance to military regime in exchange for a 20% salary increase
[chat] November 6, 2019: By Arezki Daoud: The Algerian crisis has intensified over the past two weeks, with the head...
Algeria: International Commission of Jurists blasts Algerian regime for its handling of Judges
Geneva-based International Commission Jurists (ICJ) blasted Algeria today (6 November) on its handling of the judges...
Deep state of corruption in Algeria’s justice system: the bribes that promote rogue judges
Algeria: Public banks prepare to strike on 10 November
Tunisia: National security advisor to the president submits resignation after dismissal of Defense Minister
When anti-regime movement intersects with labor unions: Algeria braces for major strikes
Now that back-to-school season is behind them, Algerians are shifting their focus on ratcheting up pressure on their...
Sahel: Mali President facing unprecedented public backlash
Morocco: Amnesty accuses Morocco of using spyware on rights activists
London, Oct 10, 2019 - Two rights activists in Morocco have been targeted by surveillance technology developed by an...
Sahel: Mali president Boubacar Keita dismisses coup speculation
Bamako, Oct 6, 2019 - Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita on Sunday rejected as speculation talk of a military...
Egypt: Fear of more unrest prompts Sisi government to lower fuel prices
Cairo, Oct 4, 2019 - Egypt lowered fuel prices on Friday, the oil ministry said, following several rounds of price...
Algeria: West silent at arbitrary arrests and human rights abuses in Algeria
The west has had a great deal of sympathizing for the struggle of the people of Hong Kong. There has been an uproar...
Algeria: Forced election will destabilize the Mediterranean region
By Arezki Daoud - 4 October 2019: The Algerian political crisis is in its 33rd week with no sign of any of the...
Algeria: Military command plays its last card, political crisis reaching its climax
By Arezki Daoud - 1 October 2019: This is make-or-break moment for Algerian military chief General Ahmed Gaid Salah...
Egypt: Grim picture in Egypt as military seeks to contain unrest
Cairo, Sept 25, 2019 - Egyptian authorities have arrested more than 1,000 people, rights groups said Wednesday,...
Sahel: Protests over bad roads continue in Mali
Bamako, Sept 11, 2019 (By Maīmouna Moro) - Like many of his fellow Malians, Ousmane Maiga used to drive regularly...
Algeria: Purge in the military could undermine Algeria’s defensive effectiveness
Algeria: Junta chief General Gaid Salah insists on the impossible
Algiers, Sept 2, 2019 (AFP) - Algeria's powerful army chief called Monday for a vote to elect a successor to ousted...
Algeria: Heightened tension inside the Algerian military
Algeria: Risk analyst firm MEA Risk warns of crisis reaching climax in Algeria this fall
A MEA Risk assessment of the Algerian political stalemate warns that the crisis in the North African nation could...
Algeria: Regime ignores calls for smooth political transition, insists on its own unpopular roadmap
In a message published this week by the state news agency APS, Interim head of state Abdelkader Bensalah repeated the...
Spying on their people with Huawei technology
Algeria: Months after starting their movement, Algerian people determined to oust illegal regime
Algeria: Military command keeps war veteran Lakhdar Bouregaa in prison for his political views
Algiers, Aug 1, 2019 - Algeria's judiciary has refused to provisionally release a well-known independence war veteran...
Algerian military chief Gaid Salah rejects demands for appeasement, wants his rules only
Algiers, July 30, 2019 - Algeria's powerful army chief Tuesday ruled out accepting any pre-conditions to launching...
Sahel: Lake Chad nations want $100 million to fight global warming
Governance in disarray: the criminal syndicate that ruled and continues to rule Algeria
By Arezki Daoud: The political crisis in Algeria has brought to the fore the extent of the state of the bankruptcy in...
Sahel: The bizarre idea of the International Crisis Group to solve the security crisis in Mali
Commentary by Arezki Daoud: The highly respected International Crisis Group (ICG) has proposed to Mali the...
Egypt: Restrictive law likely to mark the death of many NGOs in Egypt
Cairo, July 15, 2019 - Egypt's parliament on Monday approved amendments to a controversial law that rights groups say...
Algeria’s military command selects Conservative Islamist supporter as new parliament chief
Egypt: Pro-Mubarak Facebook page admin arrested for “spreading false info”
Cairo, July 11, 2019 - The administrator of a Facebook page supporting Egyptian ex-president Hosni Mubarak was...




































