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Power Struggle: Algerian Assembly Elects New Speaker

Algeria’s National Assembly on Wednesday elected Mouad Bouchareb, 47, as new speaker by 320 votes with one absentee. Mouad Bouchareb will now replace Saïd Bouhadja who is accused of alleged mismanagement and “inability” to lead. The disputed Speaker adamantly refused to resign despite a series of decisions announced by the FLN party. Bouhadja claims that […]

Burkina Faso junta leader warns AES armies ready to fight and ‘teach’ ECOWAS ‘lesson’

“They taught us a lesson, but they will also learn,” Burkina Faso’s junta leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has warned the regional bloc ECOWAS of a possible armed conflict amid escalating tensions, stressing that the united armies of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) are prepared to take on the ECOWAS forces that had been touted […]

Libyan Dialogue: Both delegations praise Morocco’s efforts, impartial position

Delegations of the Libyan High Council of State and the Tobruk Parliament expressed, on Thursday in Bouznika, their thanks and gratitude for Morocco for its efforts in putting the Libyan dialogue back on track, as well as for its impartial position. Speaking shortly before the reading out of the final joint statement issued at the […]