Algeria: Military Court Seizes Passports of Sacked Generals

Five army generals recently dismissed by Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika were banned from leaving the country as the military court has seized their passports over the weekend. The president of Algeria has fired without explanation several generals over the few past months. In June, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika fired General Abdelghani Hamel, a potential candidate in […]

Mozambique: The port of Mocimboa da Praia welcomes its first ship since the jihadist occupation

For the first time in two years, the port of Mocimboa da Praia in the gas-rich province of Cabo Delgado welcomed a commercial ship, a sign of a gradual return to normalcy for the province, which has been plagued by a jihadist insurgency for five years. Two years ago, the port of Mocimboa da Praia […]

EU to support African Union’s initiative to boost continent’s health sovereignty

The European Union has pledged to support the African Union (AU) in its ambitious goal of producing 60% of vaccines on the continent for African citizens by 2040 — one of the key outcomes of a recent high-level conference marking the expansion of the strategic EU-AU health partnership. The recent high-level event held in Brussels […]