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International media exposes Algeria’s ‘blame games’

Headlines abound in international media and global think tanks deploring the state of play of Algerian blame games to hide a resounding policy failure by an unpopular regime. When wildfires broke out in Algeria, the government’s reaction was to blame arsonists then political opposition groups and afterwards Morocco in a desperate scapegoating attempt that only […]

Egypt: Sisi Receives Backing of US Republicans Despites Poor Human Rights Record

US Republicans Sunday stunned the world as they threw support behind Egyptian strongman al-Sisi calling him “the right man at the right time” to lead Egypt even as the latter is lambasted by right groups and the Obama Administration for the gloomy human rights situation in Egypt. A group of US Republicans led by war-thirsty […]

Tunisia: arrest of lawmaker, journalist for insulting President

Tunisian security forces have detained a parliamentarian and a journalist of a local television on charges of plotting against the state, and insulting President Kais Saied. Abdellatif Alaoui, a lawmaker MP and former leader of el Karama coalition, (17 seats), announced on a Facebook post that he has been arrested at his residence on Sunday […]