Morocco’s Youth Day, celebrated this Friday July 21, offers an occasion to take stock of King Mohammed VI’s long-standing focus on young people as a pillar of national development spanning education, employment, entrepreneurship, sport, culture, environment and civic participation. Since acceding to the throne, the King has framed investment in human capital as a condition […]
A military court in Sierra Leone has delivered severe punishments to 24 soldiers for their involvement in last year’s attempted coup against President Julius Maada Bio. Following an eight-month trial, the soldiers received lengthy prison terms, with some facing up to 120 years behind bars. The foiled coup, which occurred in November, involved an attack […]
Algeria’s aged and ailing military regime is still bogged down in a cold-war mentality that made the country diplomatically and politically isolated more than ever. The recent maneuvers at the TICAD Japan-Africa summit once again shows the fading voice of Algeria on the continent. Algeria has squandered its oil and gas wealth to buy positions […]
