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Trench Warfare at the Helm of the Algerian Regime

A silent struggle for power is brewing between different interest groups at the top of the Algerian regime ignited by the obvious deteriorating health of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika whose public appearances are a thing of the past. The media has long been speaking of a soft coup by the brother of the ailing President, Said […]

Moroccan Victims of Expulsion from Algeria Bring Case to the UN Human Rights Council

The Moroccan Organization for Human Rights (OMDH) will take part in the UN Human Rights Council to defend the rights of the Moroccan families who were arbitrarily expelled from their homes in Algeria in 1975 by the Algerian military junta. The OMDH’s lawyers will highlight these families’ suffering and defend the rights of the thousands […]

Mali: Seven UN peacekeepers wounded in IED attack

Seven soldiers of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were wounded last Saturday after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off under their convoy, the mission said.   The roadside IED exploded as the convoy went over it 34 kilometers north of the town of Douentza, Mopti Region. No one claimed […]