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Algeria’s Bouteflika Claims Victory, Opposition Claims Fraud

Supporters of Abdelaziz Bouteflika, have claimed that the incumbent president has won a “crushing victory” in his bid to win a fourth term as Algeria’s leader, while his main rival and former prime minister, Ali Benflis, has accused the former of a “massive fraud”. On Thursday (April 17), Algerians casted their ballots in the presidential […]

South Africa: Phala Phala gate looms over Cyril Ramaphosa’ re-election

The Phala Phala case looms on South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s fate amid probe on this case dating back to February 2020, when Ramaphosa and other officials allegedly concealed a burglary at the president’s Phala Phala farm. According to an affidavit, Ramaphosa had at least $4 million in cash stashed in a couch at the […]

Algeria’s Oran Mediterranean games turn to scandalous fiasco

Algeria’s military junta planned to use the Mediterranean games to polish the image of a country beset by authoritarianism, poverty and instability. But its hopes were crushed, as the country accumulated rebukes for its organization fiasco. In a regime that has for long politicized sports and culture, the Algerian regime denied access to nine Moroccan […]