NORTH AFRICA PIVOTS TO BLACK SEA WHEAT AS RUSSIA DOMINATES REGIONAL SUPPLY

North Africa’s wheat import landscape has undergone a dramatic transformation, with Black Sea suppliers now controlling 75 percent of the market as European Union share plummets to 25 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest analysis. The region, comprising Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, represents 15 percent of global wheat imports. During […]

Writer Boualem Sansal imprisoned in Algeria for saying historic truths

Since his arrest on November 16 in Algiers, French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has been behind bars without a trial. His arrest came after an interview with a French media in which he said historical facts about the artificial borders of the post-colonial Algerian state. In a country where demonizing Morocco is the currency of the […]

Referendum, Unfeasible Solution to Sahara Issue- Italian Official

Italy’s deputy Foreign Minister Mario Giro made  it clear that the referendum option does not offer a feasible solution to the regional conflict over the Sahara and that the Algerian-Backed Polisario separatists had better give up the chimera of conducting a vote on the Sahara’s independence. The Italian official made the remarks during the presentation, […]