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Mali junta ends Algiers Agreement

The ruling junta in Mali announced, on Thursday 25 January, the "end, with immediate effect", of the Algiers agreement signed in 2015 with the...

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Egypt: After wishing each other a happy new year, Egyptians see price hikes that will make 2024 not such a happy year

Egypt: After wishing each other a happy new year, Egyptians see price hikes that will make 2024 not such a happy year

Immediately after “winning” a third term at the end of December 2023, President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi ordered the “progressive” dismantling of the so-called subsidies. Overnight, as the calendar shifted to 2024, the prices of electricity increased by as much as 26%. As you would expect many other products followed immediately, such as the prices for accessing the Internet up 33%, the price of Cairo metro ticket up by 20%. And that’s just the beginning. In the coming weeks and months, check out the prices of food and basic commodities soaring again, as the Egyptian Pound likely to lose more value.

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Mali junta ends Algiers Agreement

The ruling junta in Mali announced, on Thursday 25 January, the "end, with immediate effect", of the Algiers agreement signed in 2015 with the pro-autonomy and independence groups based in the north of the country. Long considered essential for stabilizing the country, the agreement was primarily engineered by Algeria, but with such announcement, the basics elements of peace in the region have...

Trade: Israel-Morocco trade takes a hit amid extreme instability in the Middle East

Last year, Morocco and Israel have had a strong run on their bilateral trade, as the two countries put into effect the Abraham Accords. Almost all the Moroccan media reporting on the topic during 2023, underscored the exponential growth of Morocco-Israel trade, with headlines citing growth rates topping 150%. Until the war in Gaza began, triggering a reversal of fortunes that saw trade...

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Podcast: Egypt 2024 Outlook

Podcast: Egypt 2024 Outlook

Unsurprisingly Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi, in power in Egypt since he overthrew the Islamist Mohamed Morsi in a coup in 2013, was re-elected as president again for another six-year term. The election was fast-tracked because holding the election in 2024 amid a projected worsening economic crisis could have constituted a bigger political problem for president el-Sissi. The election authorities reported that the latter won his third presidential election, with 89.6% of the votes, a figure that obviously makes no sense. Many accuse the government of having committed massive election fraud. As president Sisi enters his third term, what kind of problems should we expect. Perhaps the question from an outside perspective is should we expect the government to stabilize the country in the years to come? And the answer is a resounding no.

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Sudan: Sexual violence is widespread in war-torn Sudan

By Bahira Amin: Zeinab was fleeing war-torn Sudan's capital to seek safety when she found herself pinned to the ground, a rifle to her chest, as a paramilitary fighter raped her. "I was sure we were about to die," she told AFP, recounting how she, her younger sister...

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Algeria: President announces early election, no one knows why

Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, ordered the holding of an early presidential election on 7 September 2024, instead of the scheduled December date. The surprise announcement, which contradict the Algerian constitution that requires the election to take place a month before the end of the outgoing president, was made after a meeting of the country’s most senior government, military and...

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Bloody Sunday: The indiscriminate killing of Muslim and Catholic worshipers in Burkina Faso

Sunday, 25 February was a bloody day for religious groups in Burkina Faso. Two attacks against a church and a mosque confirm the utter instability of the northern and eastern regions of the country. In Essakane-village, in the northeastern Burkina Faso, a terrorist attack on a Catholic church during a regular Sunday service claimed the lives of 15 worshipers, according to an obituary press...

Tunisia neutralizes human smugglers

The Tunisian police reported on January 7, 2024 the dismantling of an alleged human trafficking network in the Sfax region. Authorities say the gang...

SOCIAL, LABOR & THE ENVIRONMENT

Egypt opens Rafah Border, to allow safe passage to foreign nationals

Egypt will help evacuate "about 7,000" foreigners and dual nationals from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, the foreign ministry said, with officials saying some 400 people were expected to cross Thursday. For the first time after weeks of deadly fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants, the Rafah border crossing opened on Wednesday to let people out of Gaza. In a meeting with foreign...

BUSINESS & THE ECONOMY

Agriculture: Spanish farmers say Moroccan strawberries carry virus, as Morocco surpasses Spain as tomato supplier to EU

Agriculture is the theater of another kind of war where there are winners and losers. Worth billions of dollars, the EU agricultural market is seeing intensifying competition, with local farmers sometime resorting to violence to destroy competing produce coming from other countries, even from within the EU. European farmers have also been putting intense pressure on their governments and...

INTERNATIONAL

Turkey: Withdrawal of third-party candidate in Turkish election not good news for Erdogan

By Dmitry Zaks: Third-party candidate Muharrem Ince on Thursday withdrew from Turkey's tight presidential election in a shock move that raised the chances of an opposition first-round victory. The 59-year-old announced his decision after being targeted by an online smear campaign that included doctored images of him meeting women and riding around in fancy cars. The secular nationalist picked up...

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Nigerians vote again for governors

Nigeria's ruling party has won a rerun governorship election in northern Kebbi state, the electoral commission said on Sunday, while procedural...

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In Morocco hills, cannabis farmers bet on budding industry •

In Morocco hills, cannabis farmers bet on budding industry •

By France24: In the hills of northern Morocco, vast cannabis fields are ready for harvest, but farmers complain that a government plan to market the crop legally is yet to deliver them any benefits. The marginalised Rif region has long been a major source of illicit...

Video: Tunisia’s Ex-PM Ali Laarayedh detained by police

Video: Tunisia’s Ex-PM Ali Laarayedh detained by police

Tunisia's anti-terrorism police detained for one day Ali Laarayedh, a former prime minister and senior official in the Islamist opposition Ennahda party, after an investigation into suspicions of sending jihadists to Syria, lawyers said on Tuesday. (France 24)

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