Algeria: Procrastinating Tactics Will Not Fool Protesters

It is clear that the ailing and embattled president Abdelaziz Bouteflika has not been able to deflate mass demonstrations or convince angry protesters demanding his departure, change, inclusive growth and democracy. After weeks of popular protests, Mr. Bouteflika, 82, announced on Monday that he would not run for a fifth term and postponed elections scheduled […]

Morocco’s Flag Carrier Vigorously Rejects Algerian FM’s Unfounded Accusations

Morocco’s Flag Carrier, Royal Air Maroc, has vehemently rejected the disrespectful statements pronounced by Algeria’s Foreign Minister, Abdelkader Messahel, who accused the company of carrying something other than passengers in an allusion to drugs. RAM said in a statement that the Algerian foreign minister’s blunder “reveals a complete ignorance of the air sector which is […]

Germany agrees, in ‘historic’ deal, to return Nigeria’s looted Benin bronzes

Following in the UK’s footsteps, also Germany has now signed an agreement to transfer ownership to Nigeria of the Benin Bronzes, among Africa’s most culturally significant artifacts, looted in the 19th century. The Foundation of Prussian Cultural Heritage (SPK) and Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) inked the deal on Thursday (25 August) […]