Protests against Bouteflika’s 5th term

Morocco offers Japanese manufacturers a post-Brexit alternative- Asian Review

Thanks to its proximity to Europe, business friendly climate and sound infrastructure, Morocco offers an alternative to Japanese automotive manufacturers in a context marked with Post-Brexit uncertainties, the Asian Review wrote. One of these companies, Sumitomo Corp aims at making of Tangier its entry into African industrial parks at stone’s throw from Europe The Tanger […]

China’s security playbook in Africa raises promise, and alarms

China’s Global Security Initiative (GSI), launched in 2022 by President Xi Jinping, is increasingly shaping Africa’s security architecture, drawing both support and scrutiny across the continent. According to a new analysis by the Washington-based Africa Center for Strategic Studies, the GSI is rapidly reshaping security partnerships across Africa, embedding Chinese norms into military, policing, and […]

Russia refrains from supporting Bouteflika to secure long-term interest

Russia has surprisingly shied away from supporting the authoritarian status quo in Algeria as it seeks to secure its long term interest in the North African country, notably in terms of armament contracts. It was not a coincidence that Deputy Prime Minister Ramtane Lamamra paid his first international visit to white wash the regime to […]