Algeria hands 7-year jail sentence to French football journalist

A court in Tizi Ouzou has sentenced French journalist Christophe Gleizes to seven years in prison for “glorifying terrorism” and “possessing propaganda materials harmful to national interests.” But his genuine crime: reporting on football in the Kabylie region. Gleizes, a contributor to So Foot and Society magazines, had traveled to Algeria in May 2024 to […]

Chad’s leader elected new Chair of Lake Chad Basin Commission

The Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) elected Tuesday Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, the President of the Transition Military Council of Chad, as its new Chairman in replacement of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari. The commission gathered in Abuja at the 16th Summit of the Heads of State and Government. Buhari, reports say, before handing the baton […]

EU provides Egypt €6m for irrigation projects

The European Union  has granted Egypt €6 million (EGP 111.21 million) for the financing of two irrigation projects, Arab Finance reports, citing the Egyptian state. The funds allocated under the EU-Joint Rural Development Program, will be used to rehabilitate the irrigation infrastructure in Egypt’s Fayoum and Minya governorates according to the Egyptian government. The EU-Joint […]