Algeria: After Merkel’s, Iranian President’s visit postponed sine die

Iranian President Hassan Rohani’s March 12 visit to Algiers has been postponed sine die, few weeks after German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s February visit was called off at the last minute over health concerns of the Algerian President. The Iranian President was due to make a stopover in Algiers on his way to South Africa and […]

Can Jomaa’s Caretaker Government Deliver Economic Reform?

When Mehdi Jomaa assumed the role of Tunisia’s interim Prime Minister in late January, he did not know how disastrous the true economic condition of his country was. He admitted it roughly a month later during a televised interview by saying that the hole in the budget deficit was about 4 billion dinars (2.5 billion […]

Boat capsizes off Mauritania, 58 migrants died

In Mauritania, at least 58 people, including women and children, were killed after a boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off the West African nation, the UN’s migration agency said. The boat carrying at least 150 people was low on fuel while approaching Mauritania before it capsized, the International Organization for […]