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Algeria’s Tebboune caught between inaccurate data and colonial ghosts

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has once again reached for deflection tactics in the face of Algeria’s growing diplomatic isolation after its Sahara fiasco, economic woes, and fragile social peace. In this context of failing domestic policies, Tebboune held an international conference on “colonial crimes in Africa.” It’s a move designed to stir nationalist sentiment and redirect […]

Netherlands: ADO Den Haag appoints Mohammed Hamdi new Director General

Hague-based Dutch first flight football club, ADO Den Haag, has named Moroccan national Mohammed Hamdi as new Director General with the challenge to revive the club. The club’s main shareholder, Beijing-based United Vansen, appointed the 35-year old man after former manager Mattijs Manders left the club June 1st to become the Director General of the […]

Mali: UN report accuses State Security of obstructing peace process

A UN experts’ report on Mali is not yet public, but it is already triggering reaction. Unlike previous reports, which focused more on the actions of armed groups, this one points to the direct responsibility of the authorities for obstructing the implementation of the 2015 peace agreement. The experts point in particular to the State […]