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AU suspends Niger until restoration of constitutional order

The African Union, AU, suspended Tuesday August 22 Niger from various institutions and activities few days after the junta that seized power on July 26 announced a three-year transition. Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani, a former commander of the presidential guard, who made himself the new leader of the West African country announced Saturday August 19 a […]

Algeria: Presidential Statement Sacks Head of Military Police

A statement from the defense ministry overseen by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced Wednesday the sacking of Menad Nouba, head of the military police (gendarmerie), one week after the dismissal of the chief of internal security. The statement said a decree signed by President Bouteflika appointed Ghali Belekcir in replacement of Nouba. President Bouteflika is country’s […]

Malawi opens Consulate General in Laayoune

Malawi has inaugurated this Thursday a consulate general in Laâyoune, thus marking its firm support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara and for its territorial integrity. The inauguration ceremony took place in the presence of the Foreign Minister of Malawi, Eisenhower Nduwa Mkaka, and his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. Malawi’s foreign minister Eisenhower Nduwa Mkaka […]