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Algeria, after Muzzling the Press, Censors Critical Academic Research

After censoring and co-opting the free press sending several journalists to jail, now is the turn of academicians. The Algerian regime moved to stifle researchers who venture to do objective study unearthing the predicaments of the ailing military regime in Algiers. The case of Leila Sidhoum is illustrative of the authoritarian measures prejudicial to the […]

Moroccan Government rejects, condemns allegations by foreign papers as false

The Moroccan government has expressed its great astonishment at the recurrent and coordinated publication, since Sunday July 18, by foreign newspapers under the banner of a coalition called “Forbidden Stories”, of erroneous information in which their authors claim that Morocco has infiltrated the telephones of several national and foreign public figures and officials of international […]

US-Egyptian cooperation should go beyond security, al-Sissi

Egyptian President Fatah al-Sissi Sunday urged the United States to expand its cooperation with Egypt beyond security and counter-terrorism. At a meeting with CIA boss John Brennan, the Egyptian President called on Washington to diversify its ties with his country and expand cooperation to social, cultural and intellectual realms. Egypt and the U.S. have strong […]