Morocco is among countries which have made last year “notable progress” in religious freedom, said on Thursday U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Commenting the “2021 International Religious Freedom Report”, released by the State Department, Mr. Blinken said this year’s report includes several countries where we see notable progress, thanks to the work of governments, […]
Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has just dismissed Prime Minister Nadir Larbaoui and appointed Sifi Ghrieb in his place, marking the fourth time he has replaced his cabinet chief since taking office in 2019. This revolving-door approach to leadership, with a new prime minister roughly every two years, reflects a deeper pattern: a blame-shifting strategy that […]
The decision by Mauritanian authorities to seal off borders with Algeria as a military zone forbidden to civilians is the tree that hides the forest. The closing of the borders signals cracks in the Algerian-Mauritanian short-lived alliance. As Mauritania tilts towards its Sahel neighbors in their efforts to counter the terrorism scourge, it takes steps […]
