Germany funds Tunisia’s coastline protection with €15-million

The German Bank of Development, KfW, has earmarked €15 million to fund the Tunisian Coastal Protection Program-Phase V (PPLT), meant to protect the coasts of Tunisia against climate change consequences. KfW signed the financing agreement Wednesday with the Tunisian foreign ministry, state-run news agency TAP reports. “Protecting Tunisia’s coasts from the consequences of climate change […]

Death of Polisario Chief Unlikely to End Senseless Sahara Standoff

The passing away on Tuesday of the long-serving Polisario Leader, Mohamed Abdelaziz, who sat for 40 years at the helm of the Algeria-backed separatist front, is unlikely to end the senseless Sahara standoff because the deceased was not a decision maker in the Sahara issue but a mere underling that executed the orders of his […]

UK barristers recognize right of Kabylia people to independence from Algeria

Leading UK barristers issued a legal opinion recognizing the right of the Kabylia people to self-determination, giving a push to the region’s independence quest. The nearly 10 million strong Kabyle people have protested against discrimination and economic marginalization by the central Algerian state. The region’s independence movement MAK has a government in exile struggling peacefully […]