US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected this week in Rabat on a two-day working visit to the North African country, one of the major US allies in the region. The trip will be not only Pompeo’s first travel to Morocco and to an African country, but also the first visit by an American […]
Tunisian head of state Béji Caïd Essebsi has offered to step down if his health condition does not allow him to run the country as his critics question his physical ability following a recent medical check-up in France. Essebsi vehemently laid into politicians mainly former transitional president Moncef Marzouki whom he said has indulged in […]
Ethiopia’s parliament has approved a new president, Taye Astike Selassie, replacing Sahle-Work Zewde, the country’s first female head of state. This change comes amid reports of growing tensions between Sahle-Work and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who holds the primary political power in Ethiopia. Sahle-Work, appointed in 2018 with Abiy’s backing, had reportedly been unhappy in […]
