terror attack in Tunis oct 29 2018

DRC president vows ‘vigorous’ military response to M23 advance as risk of regional war grows

The Congolese president has vowed to mount a “vigorous, coordinated response” by the army against Rwanda-based M23 rebels who have made a major advance in the mineral-east of the country in recent weeks, taking control of the key city of Goma. In his first public remarks on Wednesday (29 January) since the M23 fighters seized […]

Algeria: Wave of Arrests, Security Purge Following Attacks during Pope’s visit

In the hours following the suicide attacks in Blida, “The City of Roses,” located about forty kilometers from the capital Algiers, Algerian authorities—on the instructions of Boualem Boualem, chief of staff to President Abdelmadjid Tebboune—launched an unprecedented large-scale internal operation within their own security services. The attacks, which occurred on the very day of the […]

Palestine: EU, EIB announce €60 million business investment in Gaza

The European Investment Bank (EIB), a financial arm of the European Union (EU), announced Thursday it provides €60 billion ($62.58 billion) for economic development in Gaza. The financing program was unveiled by EIB Vice President Gelsomina Vigliotti and EU representative Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff during a visit to Gaza, the EIB said in a press […]