The Strait of Gibraltar is the venue of the Jebel Tarik 2017 joint military training between Morocco’s parachutist brigade, the Moroccan Deuxieme Brigade d’Infanterie Parachutiste (2BIP) and the Royal Gibraltar Regiment. FAR-Maroc, a website specializing in military issues, said that a second military exercise will take place in the region of Marrakech in the Middle […]
In many ways, it appears as if Algeria is weathering the Arab Spring fairly well. Despite its sheer size, it has dodged the cycle of demonstrations and upheaval, even though the Arab Spring started right in the next door Tunisia. Its long-term president Abdelaziz Bouteflika has maintained a façade of democracy, though his tenure has […]
Chad has announced the nationalization of assets of a former subsidiary of US oil and gas giant ExxonMobil in Chad, which comes after the company divested from them in December 2022 A decree signed by Chad’s president, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, on Thursday (23 March) declared that all the assets, prospection rights, operating permits and […]
