Morocco and Tunisia are two success stories of the Arab Spring. They are two countries struggling to establish democratic rules in a regional environment plagued by the rise of the military as a kingmaker. In Algeria, the army scapegoated an ailing president and is currently trying to refurbish its facade despite mounting popular protests. In […]
The Court of Appeals in Brussels has ruled that Belgium must pay reparations to five women who were forcibly taken from their mothers and put in orphanages in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) when it was still a Belgian colony because they were victims of “systematic kidnapping” by state. The appellate judges thus overturned […]
Mauritania will carry out a head count of its population, the fifth in its history, before the end of year, to gather data needed to prepare, implement, monitor, and evaluate the various development policies, the country’s National Agency for Statistics and Demographic and Economic Analysis has announced. Mohamed Mokhtar Ould Sidi, head of the agency, […]
