African Union Inaugurates New HQ of Intelligence & Security Services

The recently concluded 33rd African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa was marked by the formal inauguration of the new headquarters of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services (CISSA) in the Ethiopian capital, with a pledge to intensify inter-African security cooperation.   The CISSA, set up sixteen years ago, is tasked with providing the […]

‘Algeria ripe for Collapse’ warns The American Enterprise Institute

Algeria, lacking genuine reforms and unwilling to break away with its rentier state model of over-reliance on gas, faces dire consequences that may threaten its stability and security, warned the US public policy think tank, The American Enterprise Institute. “Algeria today looks strikingly similar to Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt in 2010. With high youth unemployment, […]

South Africa: Cannabis now sold in pharmacies

South Africa opened its very first marijuana retail outlet. The initiative aims to better regulate the use of this herb, whose industry, promising in many ways, still operates at the margin despite the decriminalization of its use since 2018. The structure called THC Africa is placed under the authority of pharmacist Kyle Brocklebank, in the […]