The Algerian army, currently undergoing a deep shakeup, has ordered 14 Russian Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets, which will enhance the 44 Su-30MKs in service in the North African country. According to Russian press reports, the new fighter jets will be delivered to the Algerian air forces in 2016 and 2017. In 2006, Algeria, an OPEC […]
Political unrest is brewing in Togo as opposition leaders and activists have called on citizens to protest against a new constitutional reform that could potentially see the incumbent President Faure Gnassingbé’s rule indefinitely. This call to action comes after the country’s lawmakers passed the controversial bill earlier this week, which now awaits Gnassingbé’s signature to […]
The Tripoli-based General National Congress announced Monday it may make a U-turn in order to participate in the Geneva round if UNMIL chief Bernardino Leon agrees to amend the draft initialed by the House of Representatives, the internationally-recognized parliament sitting in Tobruk and elected on 25 June 2014, and other Libyan political forces. The announcement […]
