What Arab Spring? The Folly that is Henry Kissinger

When the 26-year-old fruit vendor, Mohammed Bouazizi – after being slapped around by local authorities one time too many – in an act of desperation and protest, set himself on fire in the Tunisian city of  Sidi Bouzid, no analyst or politician could have foreseen the wave of regional uprisings that were to follow. What […]

Morocco Wins New Friends at AU-EU Summit

Morocco has adopted a pro-active diplomacy that breaks away with the empty chair policy, which left the country outside AU institutions since 1984. Almost one year after its triumphal return to the African Union, Morocco made diplomatic headways thanks to an African Policy that continues to turn former African adversaries into friends. The talks held […]

Liberia: violent clashes ahead of 10 Oct general election raise security concerns

Liberia’s incumbent President George Weah, who is seeking a second six-year term, faces off against 19 other candidates in Tuesday’s (10 October) election, whose result will be determined by debates around the economy, corruption, drug use and the civil war. Over 2.4 million voters in Liberia will head to the polls on 10 October to […]