There is “no change in the clear and consistent U.S. position” regarding the Sahara issue, said Sunday the U.S. State Department, while reiterating Washington’s support for Morocco’s autonomy plan viewed as “serious, credible, and realistic.” In a statement published on the eve of the visit to Morocco of U.S. Assistant Secretary for North Africa Bureau […]
Italy will organize an international Conference on Libya on June 22 as Rome is championing a new deal on the oil-rich African country, Italy news agency Nova reports citing diplomatic sources. The conference, defined as technical table, will include the three Western permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, namely France, the U.K. and the […]
As it heeds straight towards the depletion of its oil-money coffers, Algeria imposed austerity measures, cutting subsidies and introducing taxes, while maintaining lavish spending on armament unchanged. Algeria spent $1.686 billion on defense that is a 0.4% increase compared to last year, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) said in its latest report on global […]
