The Algerian government, the civilian façade of the military regime, has ordered the prohibition of strikes by all labor unions in the latest blow to civil liberties in the country. Prime minister Aïmene Benabderrahmane has made public an anti-constitutional decree that bans striking across the public sector and the tiny private sector in the state-dominated […]
Germany’s top diplomat made Sunday a surprise visit to Libya amid efforts by Berlin to help rival factions end their differences. Heiko Maas landed at the airport of the coastal city of Zuwara where he was welcomed by Foreign Minister of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), Mohamed Taher Sayala. According to press reports, […]
The Foreign Ministers of the US, the UK, France, Germany and Italy issued a joint statement on Tuesday condemning Israel’s decision to legalize nine outposts and advance plans for some 10,000 new settlement homes in the West Bank. The Foreign Ministers said their countries “are deeply troubled by the Israeli government’s announcement that it is […]
